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`IPR2014-00227
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` verb \(cid:590)käm-p(cid:650)n-(cid:593)s(cid:325)t, -(cid:593)pen-\
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`com(cid:257)pen(cid:257)sate
`: to provide something good as a balance against
`something bad or undesirable : to make up for some defect
`or weakness
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`: to give money or something else of value to (someone) in
`return for something (such as work) or as payment for
`something lost, damaged, etc.
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`com·pen·sat·ed com·pen·sat·ing
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`Full Definition of COMPENSATE
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`transitive verb
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`: to be equivalent to : COUNTERBALANCE
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`: to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing
`payment to <compensate the victims for their loss>
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`a : to provide with means of counteracting variation
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`b : to neutralize the effect of (variations)
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`intransitive verb
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`: to supply an equivalent —used with for
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`: to offset an error, defect, or undesired effect <his
`enthusiasm compensates for his lack of skill>
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`: to undergo or engage in psychological or physiological
`compensation
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`— com·pen·sa·tive
`— com·pen·sa·tor
`— com·pen·sa·to·ry
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` adjective
` noun
` adjective
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`Examples of COMPENSATE
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`His enthusiasm compensates for his lack of skill.
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`The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a
`defect.
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`compensate workers for their labor
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`She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.
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`Origin of COMPENSATE
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`Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare,
`frequentative of compendere
`First Known Use: 1646
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`Related to COMPENSATE
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`Synonyms
`indemnify, recompense, recoup, remunerate, requite,
`satisfy
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`Related Words
`refund, reimburse, repay; redress, remedy, repair;
`discharge, pay, quit
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`Near Antonyms
`stiff
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`See Synonym Discussion at pay
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`Rhymes with COMPENSATE
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`abdicate, abnegate, abrogate, acclimate, acerbate, acetate,
`activate, actuate, acylate, adsorbate, advocate, adulate,
`adumbrate, aggravate...
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`com(cid:257)pen(cid:257)sate
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` verb \(cid:590)käm-p(cid:650)n-(cid:593)s(cid:325)t, -(cid:593)pen-
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`com·pen·sat·ed com·pen·sat·ing
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`Medical Definition of COMPENSATE
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`transitive verb
`: to subject to or remedy by physiological compensation
`<compensated hypertensive patients>
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`intransitive verb
`: to undergo or engage in psychic or physiological
`compensation <his aggression was an attempt to
`compensate for inherent passivity>
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