Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PAY, v.t. [Fr. repayer; re and pay.]

1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
2. To make return or requital; in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury. Benefits which can not be repaid … are not commonly found to increase affection. – Rambler.
3. To recompense, as for a loss. – Milton.
4. To compensate; as, false honor repaid in contempt. – Bacon.