All 4 Uses of
compensate
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- So strong was my desire, that I thought a gratification of it would fully compensate for whatever loss of comforts I should sustain by the exchange.
Chpt 5compensate = make up for; or adjust for
- Some slaveholders thought it not much loss to allow Mr. Covey to have their slaves one year, for the sake of the training to which they were subjected, without any other compensation.
Chpt 9compensation = something that make amends for something else or adjusts for it
- The gratification afforded by the triumph was a full compensation for whatever else might follow, even death itself.
Chpt 10 *compensation = something that made up (for something)
- It was almost compensation for my suffering to witness, once more, a manifestation of kindness from this, my once affectionate old mistress.
Chpt 10compensation = something that make amends for something else or adjusts for it
Definition:
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(compensate as in: she compensates with extra effort) make up for; or adjust for