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reponderare [LL] 1 to weigh out in or as repayment, (in quot. transf.) to pay or render (compensation or recompense). a1161 redditus lxx librarum ‥ sibi restitui, aut aliorum redituum equam recompensationem sibi ~ari Ep. J. Sal. 123 (59 p. 100). 2 to weigh again in the mind, to consider again. s1456 ut ‥ ponderarent et ~arent singula tam commoda quam incommoda, quam eciam pericula et peculia verisimiliter sive possibiliter affutura Reg. Whet. I 223. 3 to outweigh (in effect or potency). s1457 pugillus siquidem plebis, nunquid latitudinem maris poterit obumbrare, et, velut gutta roris ‥ ultra aquarum multitudinem in littore posita, virtutem exercitus nostri ~abit?  Reg. Whet. I 272.

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