compense

See also: compensé

English

Etymology

From French compenser. See compensate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛns/
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Verb

compense (third-person singular simple present compenses, present participle compensing, simple past and past participle compensed)

1. (obsolete) To compensate.
   • May 2 1623, Francis Bacon, letter to Mr. Tobie Matthew

     I hope, if any thing want in the speed of time, it will be compensed in the fruit of time, that all may sort to the best.

References

• “compense”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

compense

1. inflection of compenser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpẽ.si/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpẽ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: com‧pen‧se

Verb

compense

1. inflection of compensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpense/ [kõmˈpẽn.se]
• Rhymes: -ense
• Syllabification: com‧pen‧se

Verb

compense

1. inflection of compensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative