n. A compendium; an epitome; a summary. [ 1913 Webster ]

A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. compendiarius. ] Short; compendious. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. compendiatus, p. p. of compendiare to shorten, fr. compendium. ] To sum or collect together. [ Obs. ] Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. compendiosus. ] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. [ 1913 Webster ]

More compendious and expeditious ways. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a compendious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compendiously expressed by the word chaos. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being compendious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Compendiums L. Compendia [ L. compendium that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend. ] A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary. [ 1913 Webster ]

A short system or compendium of a science. I. Watts.

Syn. -- See Abridgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. receiving money for services rendered.
Syn. -- paying(prenominal), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. qualifying one for receipt of compensation, such as for a bodily injury; as, a compensable injury. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating. ] [ L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [ 1913 Webster ]

The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

Syn. -- To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. receiving or eligible for compensation.
Syn. -- remunerated, salaried, stipendiary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts. ] 1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a)The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton. (b) A recompense or reward for some loss or service. (c) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compensation balance, or
Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different metals having different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. --
Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.

Syn. -- Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration; requital; satisfaction; set-off. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. compensativus. ] Affording compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Compensation. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. compenser. See Compensate. ] To compensate. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
Syn. -- over-correct, compensate too much. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. LL. recompensatio. ] 1. Recompense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recompensed p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing ] [ F. récompenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate. ] 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He can not recompense me better. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for. [ 1913 Webster ]

God recompenseth the gift. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

To recompense
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. récompense. ] An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. [ 1913 Webster ]

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. Deut. xxii. 35. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. Heb. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Recompense; requital. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who recompenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of “serious and willful misconduct, ” a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accident where the common law gives the right only for negligence of the employer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]