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Reward \Re*ward"\, n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.]
1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.]
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Take reward of thine own value. --Chaucer.
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2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or
received; esp., that which is offered or given in return
for some service or attainment, as for excellence in
studies, for the return of something lost, etc.;
recompense; requital.
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Thou returnest
From flight, seditious angel, to receive
Thy merited reward. --Milton.
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Rewards and punishments do always presuppose
something willingly done well or ill. --Hooker.
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3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
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The dead know not anything, neither have they any
more a reward. --Eccl. ix. 5.
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4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of
money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some
act. --Burrill.
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Syn: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital;
retribution; punishment.
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Reward \Re*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rewarded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rewarding}.] [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of
German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard,
hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See {Ward},
{Regard}.]
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a
good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to
compensate.
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After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. --Piers
Plowman.
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Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
thee evil. --1 Sam. xxiv.
17.
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I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
reward them that hate me. --Deut. xxxii.
41.
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God rewards those that have made use of the single
talent. --Hammond.
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