Both Uses
compensate
in
The Host
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- Because Melanie's heart broke, too, and it was a separate sensation, as if we'd grown another organ to compensate for our twin awarenesses.†
Chpt 19
- Burns stopped in front of me, lowering his hand a bit to compensate for the considerable difference in our heights.†
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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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)