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1 definition found 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.
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