Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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RETRIB'UTE, verb transitive [Latin retribuo; re and tribuo, to give or bestow.]
To pay back; to make payment, compensation or reward in return; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute to a criminal what is proportionate to his offense.
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