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retaliate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retaliate \Re*tal"i*ate\, v. i. To return like for like specifically, to return evil for evil; as to retaliate upon an enemy. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retaliate \Re*tal"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retaliated}; p. pr & vb n. {Retaliating}.] [L. retaliatus p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf {Talion}.] 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.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. --Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retaliate v 1: take revenge; "avenge for a wrong"; "take vengeance or revenge for a wrong" [syn: {revenge}, {avenge}] 2: strike back as in revenge for an attack
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