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Recompense (medicine) and Johnson, Michael (Duane) (sh)


Recompense (medicine)


recompense


1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. "He can not recompense me better." (Shak)

2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for. "God recompenseth the gift." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) "To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed." (Milton)

3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. "Recompense to no man evil for evil." (Rom. Xii. 17)

Synonym: To repay, requite, compensate, reward, remunerate.

Origin: F. Recompenser, LL. Recompensare, fr.L. Pref. Re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.

An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. "To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense." (Deut. Xxii. 35) "And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward." (Heb. Ii. 2)

Synonym: Repayment, compensation, remuneration, amends, satisfaction, reward, requital.

Origin: Cf. F. Recompense.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Johnson, Michael (Duane) (sh)




born Sept. 13, 1967, Dallas, Texas, U.S.

U.S. sprinter.

For much of the 1990s he was virtually unbeaten in the 200-m and 400-m races. He shared an Olympic gold medal in 1992 on the world-record-setting 4 กม 400-m relay team, and at the 1996 Olympics he became the first man to win gold medals in both the 200 m and 400 m, setting a world record of 19.32 seconds in the 200 m. In 1999 he set a new world record of 43.18 seconds in the 400 m. In the 2000 Olympics he again won two gold medals.