All 3 Uses of
compensate
in
Bleak House
- I have compensated myself for that disappointment by coming here since and being of some small use to her.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- What was to ensue when we found her and what could compensate us for this loss of time were questions also that I could not possibly dismiss; my mind was quite tortured by long dwelling on such reflections when we stopped.†
Chpt 58-60
- However, Volumnia, in the course of her bird-like hopping about and pecking at papers, has alighted on a memorandum concerning herself in the event of "anything happening" to her kinsman, which is handsome compensation for an extensive course of reading and holds even the dragon Boredom at bay.†
Chpt 66-67
Definition:
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(compensate as in: she is generously compensated) to make payment to someone