Compensate Definition
kŏmpən-sāt
compensated, compensates, compensating
verb
compensated, compensates, compensating
To make up for; be a counterbalance to in weight, force, etc.
Webster's New World
To make equivalent or suitable return to; recompense; pay.
To compensate an owner for land taken by a city.
Webster's New World
To serve to balance or offset something.
An altered swing that compensates for the wind.
Webster's New World
To make an adjustment, or otherwise act, so as to balance or offset something.
A golfer compensating for the wind by altering her swing.
Webster's New World
To make or serve as compensation or amends (for)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Compensate
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From Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good, later also shorten, spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensare (“to weight”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin compēnsāre compēnsāt- com- com- pēnsāre to weigh (s)pen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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