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Compensate v. t. (past & past part. compensated; pres. part. compensating)

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. "The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day." "The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries."

Synonyms: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.

Compensate v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

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Etymology of 'Compensate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Compensate" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave • Frederick Douglass

... of course, dark and close grained. This generally exists in trees that have one side decayed. It seems that the rot stains the rest of the wood and nature makes the grain more compact to compensate for the loss of structural strength. It is also apparent that yew grown at high altitudes, over three thousand feet, is superior to ...

— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... anything, after all, to compensate for so much risk?" asked Maud, but not until a pause had ...

— Wyandotte • James Fenimore Cooper

... screens carefully, MacMaine called out a series of numbers in an unhurried voice and watched as the orders, relayed by the Kerothi staff, changed the position of parts of the Kerothi fleet. Then, as the computer-led Earth fleet jockeyed to compensate for the change in the Kerothi deployment, MacMaine called out ...

— The Highest Treason • Randall Garrett

... combined with strong and brilliant qualities. All the pleasures of power and luxury he granted himself from the first day of his pontificate in the fullest measure. In the choice of means to this end he was wholly without scruple; it was known at once that he would more than compensate himself for the sacrifices which his election had involved, and that the seller would far exceed the simony of the buyer. It must be remembered that the vice-chancellorship and other offices which Alexander had formerly ...

— The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt

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