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Compensate   /kˈɑmpənsˌeɪt/   Listen
Compensate

verb
(past & past part. compensated; pres. part. compensating)
1.
Adjust for.  Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up.
2.
Make amends for; pay compensation for.  Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair.  "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
3.
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.  Synonyms: cover, overcompensate.
4.
Make reparations or amends for.  Synonyms: correct, redress, right.
5.
Do or give something to somebody in return.  Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off.
6.
Make payment to; compensate.  Synonyms: recompense, remunerate.



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"Compensate" Quotes from Famous Books



... each generation must find its own way, nor would it be a consolation to have even the greatest of ancient prophets living still. But yet there breathes from the living a more intimate influence, for which an immortality of fame cannot compensate. When men like Tolstoy die, the world is colder as well as more empty. They have passed outside the common dangers and affections of man's warm-blooded circle, lighted by the sun and moon. Their spirit may ...
— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson

... hands of the architect; hence the lack of personality, the absence of charm; and only in rare instances has the architect proved himself capable of supplying those qualities of design and proportion which to some slight degree compensate for the loss of interest on the ...
— Evesham • Edmund H. New

... house-room was needed for the newcomers. Secondly, the partial execution of the scheme for beautifying the city had destroyed great numbers of dwellings in the most thickly populated parts, and more house-room was needed to compensate the loss of habitations, while extensive lots of land were suddenly set free and offered for sale upon easy conditions in all parts ...
— Don Orsino • F. Marion Crawford

... that is to be served cold should be made somewhat stronger than usual. Brew it according to your favorite method and chill before adding sugar and cream. If cracked ice is added make sure the coffee is strong enough to compensate for the resulting dilution. Mixing the ingredients in a shaker produces a smoother beverage topped with an ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... to the implacable animosity of Hamilcar against the grasping Republic. He now departed for Spain, where for many years he steadily worked to lay the foundation of a new empire, which might not only compensate for the loss of Sicily and Sardinia, but enable him at some time ...
— A Smaller History of Rome • William Smith and Eugene Lawrence


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