Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compensate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, v. i.
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for;
as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L.
compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
intens. fr. compendere. See {Compendium}.]
1. 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.
2. 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. --Bacon.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compensate
v 1: make up for, make good [syn: {counterbalance}, {even out}, {even
off}, {even up}]
2: make amends for; pay compensation for [syn: {recompense}, {indemnify}]
3: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong" [syn: {right},
{redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
4: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay
you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay}, {pay off}, {make
up}]
5: make proper payment to [syn: {recompense}, {remunerate}]
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