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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·pen·sate / ˈkämpənˌsāt/ • v. 1. [tr.] recompense (someone) for loss, suffering, or injury, typically by the award of a sum of money: payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies. ∎ pay (someone) for work performed: he will be richly compensated for his efforts. 2. [intr.] (compensate for) make up for (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect: officials have boosted levies to compensate for huge deficits. ∎ act to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect): the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall. ∎ Psychol. attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction: they identified with radical movements to compensate for their inability to relate to individual human beings. 3. [tr.] Mechanics provide (a pendulum) with extra or less weight to neutralize the effects of temperature, etc. DERIVATIVES: com·pen·sa·tive / kəmˈpensətiv; ˈkämpənˌsātiv/ adj. com·pen·sa·tor / -ˌsātər/ n.

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compensate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

compensate XVII. f. pp. stem of L. compensāre weigh (one) against another, counterbalance, f. COM- + pensāre, frequent. of pendere weigh; see prec. and -ATE 3.
So compensation XIV. — (O)F. — L.

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compensate

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

compensate •serrate • concentrate • airfreight •ingrate • filtrate • arbitrate •exfiltrate • magistrate • orchestrate •calibrate • celebrate • emigrate •immigrate • denigrate • penetrate •defenestrate • administrate • aspirate •perpetrate • decerebrate • desecrate •execrate • consecrate • integrate •carbohydrate, hydrate •nitrate • quadrate • prostrate •borate, quorate •portrait • polyunsaturate •acculturate • depurate • indurate •triturate • inaugurate • suppurate •substrate • adumbrate •ameliorate, meliorate •deteriorate •collaborate, elaborate •liberate • corroborate • reverberate •saturate •confederate, federate •desiderate • moderate •preponderate •proliferate, vociferate •perforate • invigorate • exaggerate •refrigerate • decorate •accelerate, decelerate •exhilarate • illustrate • tolerate •commemorate •demonstrate, remonstrate •agglomerate, conglomerate •enumerate •generate, venerate •incinerate, itinerate •exonerate • remunerate • evaporate •exasperate • separate •cooperate, operate •incorporate •recuperate, vituperate •perorate •lacerate, macerate •incarcerate • eviscerate • expectorate •alliterate, iterate, obliterate, transliterate •adulterate • asseverate • sequestrate •commiserate • birth rate • sensate •condensate • decussate • compensate •tergiversate

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