Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - compensate
Compensate
compensate
v. 1 tr. (often foll. by for) recompense (a person) (compensated him for his loss). 2 intr. (usu. foll. by for a thing, to a person) make amends (compensated for the insult; will compensate to her in full). 3 tr. counterbalance. 4 tr. Mech. provide (a pendulum etc.) with extra or less weight etc. to neutralize the effects of temperature etc. 5 intr. Psychol. offset a disability or frustration by development in another direction. Derivatives compensative adj. compensator n. compensatory adj. Etymology: L compensare (as COM-, pensare frequent. of pendere pens- weigh)
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verb (-sated; -sating) Etymology: Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare, frequentative of compendere Date: 1646 transitive verb to be equivalent to ; counterbalance, to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to , 3. to provide with means of counteracting variation, to neutralize the effect of (variations), intransitive verb to supply an equivalent, to offset an error, defect, or undesired effect , to undergo or engage in psychological or physiological compensation, see: pay compensative adjective compensator noun compensatory adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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