Re-tāl′i-āte1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. RETALIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. RETALIATING.] [Lat. retaliāre, retaliātum, from re, again, back, and talio, talion, retaliation, from talis, such, such like.] To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind as has been received; especially, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate injuries.
It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.