All 3 Uses of
compensate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The winter, however, was spent cheerfully; and although the spring was uncommonly late, when it came its beauty compensated for its dilatoriness.
p. 71.0compensated = 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.
p. 143.7 *compensate = pay
- 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.
p. 167.7compensated = made up for
Definitions:
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(1)
(compensate as in: she compensates with extra effort) make up for; or adjust for
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(2)
(compensate as in: she is generously compensated) to make payment to someone