compensate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: compensate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compensate v adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" Synonym(s): compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Synonym(s): compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father" Synonym(s): cover, compensate, overcompensate make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" Synonym(s): right, compensate, redress, correct Antonym(s): wrong do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" Synonym(s): pay, pay off, make up, compensate make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" Synonym(s): compensate, recompense, remunerate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compensate \Com"pensate\ (? [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compensate \Com"pensate\, v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate* for the loss of reputation.