(v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
(v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
(v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The acute effect of alcohol manifested itself by decreasing mitochondrial respiration, compensated by increased glycolytic activity of the myocardium so that myocardial energy phosphate concentration remained unchanged.
(2) Results suggest that these resins should be used with some method to compensate for the shrinkage, when used as index material.
(3) Medical prevention and technique and then compensation for these occupational nuisances are then described.
(4) The hemorrhagic syndrome (HS) was identified in 16% of patients with chronic active hepatitis, in 26% with compensated and in 76% with decompensated LC.
(5) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
(6) level was increased in 13 of 19 measurements made in this group, state named "compensated hypothyroidism" according to Patel and Burger.
(7) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(8) The solution to these problems would seem either to reduce the time spent in rectangular wires or to change to a bracket with reduced torque, together with appropriate second order compensations in the archwire or the bracket.
(9) A compensator connected to the section consisting of the pump-main line-operating member and including a pneumatic resistance and a flaxid non-elastic container enables it in combination with the feedback to maintain through the volumetric displacement of the gas, or changing the pump diaphragm position, the stability of the gas volume in the pneumatic transmission element of the assisted circulation apparatus.
(10) Sympathochromaffin catecholamines are not normally critical but compensate and become critical when glucagon is deficient.
(11) The stretch reflex in man has a direct role in compensating for small disturbances during motor tasks.
(12) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
(13) Advocates would point to the influence Giggs maintains in the United midfield – developing a more creative game from a central role to compensate for the loss of his once blistering pace.
(14) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
(15) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(16) The government also faced considerable international political pressure, with the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Juan Méndez, calling publicly on the government to "provide full redress to the victims, including fair and adequate compensation", and writing privately to David Cameron, along with two former special rapporteurs, to warn that the government's position was undermining its moral authority across the world.
(17) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
(18) Adreno-cortical compensation of the concentration of the hormone did not occur in the post-castration period.
(19) The principle of antagonistic compensation was presented by RIESENFELD in 1966 to explain the relative shortening and broadening of hypofunctional bones.
(20) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
Replenish
Definition:
(v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
(v. t.) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
(v. i.) To recover former fullness.
Example Sentences:
(1) That suggests they are being replenished by sulphur dioxide, most probably from volcanoes.
(2) The dietary components are utilized to replenish and augment glycogen and fat stores in the body.
(3) From these findings we conclude that the recycling of internalized Fc receptors greatly contribute to the replenishment of receptors on the cell surface.
(4) After administration of oestradiol-17beta to intact mature and immature rats, a decrease in the testicular concentration of specific oestradiol-binding sites was observed within 1 h. The binding capacity was replenished starting about 3 h after oestradiol administration and after 5 h the oestrogen receptor level had returned to control values.
(5) The management of hypernatremic dehydration begins with a replenishment phase if neither shock nor apparent anuria is present.
(6) N-acetylcysteine is assumed to reverse nitrate tolerance by replenishing depleted intracellular sulfhydryl groups, but data on interactions of N-acetylcysteine and nitrates in patients with stable angina are controversial and disappointing.
(7) Thus, while in intact hosts most of the transferred peritoneal LPSr cells decayed with time, following transfer into X-irradiated recipients the same cells were able to expand and replenish the lymphoid tissues of the host.
(8) Re-exposure to PSS completely replenished the NE-releasable store in 10 minutes.
(9) Stimulated inositolphospholipid turnover has been proposed to be initiated and sustained by hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2], which may be replenished by an enhanced flux of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) to PtdIns 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) to PtdIns(4,5)P2.
(10) Thus, it seems that stimuli which evoke LHRH release also increase LHRH mRNA transcription to replenish the hormone released during the LH surge.
(11) The officials boarded a helicopter to watch the USS William P Lawrence replenish its tanks with the blend of biofuel, which is made from beef fat from midwestern feedstock and produced by California-based AltAir Fuels.
(12) Britain threw down the gauntlet to donors on Monday by announcing that it would commit £1bn to replenish the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on condition that other countries agreed to follow suit.
(13) The process of replenishment of cytosolic receptors was inhibited by the injection of cycloheximide.
(14) Three patients with hypomagnesaemia-induced hypocalcaemia were investigated during the phase of magnesium replenishment.
(15) The pattern of T-lymphocytes replenishment was identical for both types of transplant, and was not affected by Graft Versus Host disease (GVHD).
(16) Replenishment of thiamine monophosphatase is completed on the 60th postoperative day.
(17) The fund began a series of meetings with donors in April to kick off its fourth replenishment round , which is due to conclude with a pledging conference in December.
(18) An administration of 150 micrograms cycloheximide, that effectively blocked protein synthesis in the uterus of the E2-implanted rats, completely inhibited the replenishment of soluble ER induced by 5 micrograms E2.
(19) These aquifers are being recharged from the surrounding plains and hills, an area of 21,000 sq km, The study indicates it is being replenished at a rate of 1.2 billion cubic metres a year – more than enough to supply the entire county.
(20) The role of substrate replenishment in the kinetics of interfacial catalysis in phospholipid micelles was discussed.