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Definition of Repays
1. repay [v] - See also: repay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repays
Literary usage of Repays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... Sinee honor our danger repays iu full measure, And all those who join us shall
find we have leisure To think of our 8port even in war's alarms. ..."
2. Francis Parkman's Works by Francis Parkman (1906)
"ENGLAND repays PROVINCIAL OUTLAYS. FREQUENT councils of war were held in solemn
form at headquarters. On the seventh of May a summons to surrender was sent ..."
3. Stories from Old-fashioned Children's Books by Andrew White Tuer (1900)
"... speaking eyes In language plain, express the pleasure She feels, in having
such a treasure; A daughter, who in early days, Maternal tenderness repays. ..."
4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"... repays the outlay." Here only in NT, but found Tobit iii. 6 ; Ecclus. xx.
10, 14, xxix. 14, and quite classical. In Tertullian (Adv. Marcion. iv. ..."
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