All 3 Uses of
compensate
in
Frankenstein
- The winter, however, was spent cheerfully; and although the spring was uncommonly late, when it came its beauty compensated for its dilatoriness.
Chpt 6compensated = adjusted or made up for
- My daily vows rose for revenge—a deep and deadly revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish I had endured.
Chpt 16 *compensate = make up for
- But the beauty and regularity of the new town of Edinburgh, its romantic castle and its environs, the most delightful in the world, Arthur's Seat, St. Bernard's Well, and the Pentland Hills compensated him for the change and filled him with cheerfulness and admiration.
Chpt 19compensated = adjusted or made up for
Definition:
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(compensate as in: she compensates with extra effort) make up for; or adjust for