Bible Dictionaries
Retaliate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
(2):
(v. t.) To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retaliate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/retaliate.html. 1828.