Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REC'OM-PENSE, v.t. [Fr. recompenser; re and compenser.]

1. To compensate; to make return of an equivalent for any thing given, done or suffered; as, to recompense a person for services, for fidelity or for sacrifices of tune, for loss or damages. The word is followed by the person or the service. We recompense a person for his services, or we recompense his kindness. It is usually found more easy to neglect than to recompense a favor.
2. To requite; to repay; to return an equivalent; in a bad sense. Recompense to no man evil for evil. – Rom. xii.
3. To make an equivalent return in profit or produce. The labor of man is recompensed by the fruits of the earth.
4. To compensate; to make amends by any thing equivalent. Solyman … said he would find occasion for them to recompense that disgrace. – Knolles.
5. To make restitution or an equivalent return for. – Num. v.