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compensative, a.|kəmˈpɛnsətɪv|
[f. L. compensāt-, ppl. stem of compensāre + -ive. (Mrs. Browning has the pronunciation ˈcompenˌsative.)]
= compensatory.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 13 Pious frauds, compensative sins. 1647M. Hudson Divine Right Govt. ii. ix. 131 Compensative Honour..to remunerate integrity. 1820Hazlitt Lect. Dram. Lit. (L.), The compensative justice of the old Drama. 1840Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile Wks. 1889 I. 10 A compensative splendour. Ibid. 84 The heavenly life and compensative rest. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. ix. (ed. 3) 96 Whether such an increase..in the money wages..be more than compensative for the general rise in prices.
b. as n. Compensation.
1822–30Lamb Let. to Barton (L.), This is the sorry compensative.
Hence comˈpensativeness.
1730–36in Bailey (folio). |