Crossword-Solution: COMPENSATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Compensate | v. t. | 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. |
| Compensate | v. t. | To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. |
| Compensate | v. i. | To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COMPENSATE (5)
Johnson’s; his lower extremities being encased in ordinary leather leggings and boots emphatically large, affording to each foot a roomy apartment so constructed that any wearer might stand in a river all day long and know nothing about it—their maker being a conscientious man who always endeavoured to compensate for any weakness in his cut by unstinted dimension and solidity.
The ex-slave had limited education, limited experience, a servile slave attitude, and he was in need of social and economic training to compensate for the years of slavery.
The boys dressed themselves, hid their accoutrements, and went off grieving that there were no outlaws any more, and wondering what modern civilization could claim to have done to compensate for their loss.
The government has prioritized domestic food production and promoted herbal medicines since 1990 to compensate for lower imports.
Have you come here to compensate me for the loss of my Diamond? And have you heart enough left to feel ashamed of your errand? Is _that_ the secret of your pretence of innocence, and your story about Rosanna Spearman? Is there a motive of shame at the bottom of all the falsehood, this time?” I stopped her there.
Quotes with COMPENSATE (3)
It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.
My father gave me a ruined boy to compensate for the fact that he does not love me. The boy is fragile, broken — broke himself — broke everything. I asked him why he did it. He said because the world was unlivable. He said it was unlovable, but I think he meant himself. I think he meant that loneliness is sometimes painful. I curl against him, tuck my head beneath his chin and listen to his heart. It says stay and wait. It says regret. He knows what it is to want love, a love…
Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from what is.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1977–2024).