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Definition of Compensates
1. compensate [v] - See also: compensate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compensates
Literary usage of Compensates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino (1919)
"IN OUR TIME ALSO ARE CONTINUED THE CATHOLIC ROYAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE CONQUEST
AND CONVERSION OF THE SOULS OF CALIFORNIA, AND OUR LORD compensates AND ..."
2. Erasmus Darwin by Charles Darwin (1880)
"... but the influence of the hand in forming the mind more than compensates for
all:— " Proud man alone in wailing weakness born, No horns protect him, ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... and other cheap woods, and staining them to imitate mahogany. falls short of
an average yield ; but the higher price compensates for the difference. ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"compensates in some measure for its absence. These results fully confirm the
value of coal-ashes and their applicability as a manure. ..."
5. Erasmus Darwin by Ernst Krause (1879)
"... but the influence of the hand in forming the mind more than compensates for
all:— " Proud man alone in wailing weakness born, No horns protect him, ..."
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