Emily Dickinson Lexicon

compensated, verbal adj. [(compensate + -ed); see compensate, v.] (webplay: give).

Paid back; reimbursed.

compensation, n. [L. compensation-em; see compensate, v.] (webplay: day, sufficient, want).

That which is given to fulfill debt or loss; payment; making up for some deficiency; reimbursement.

compete (competing, -s), v. [L. compet-ere, to strive after (something) in company or together.]

Contend; fight; be in a contest with; vie; try to beat. (195/230, 1395/1383, 1601/1675)

competeless, verbal adj. [(compete + -less); see compete, v.]

Unmatched; having no equal.

competence, n. [Fr. compétence, competency, sufficiency, aptness, fitness, agreeableness, competitorship; see compete, v.]

Sufficiency; adequate supply.

competent, adj. [Fr. compétent < L. competent-em, suitable, fitting, proper, lawful; see competence, n.] (webplay: adequate, fit, proved, world).

1. Sufficient; suitable; worthy; qualified.
2. Able; capable; proficient; skillful.

competing, verbal adj. [(compete + -ing); see compete, v.]

Rival; contending; opposing; countering.

competition (-s), n. [L. competition-em, agreement, judicial demand, rivalry; see compete, v.] (webplay: carry, love, mutual).

1. A race; contention; contest; rivalry.
2. A struggle; a challenge.
3. Rival; person with whom one is competing; the opposition.

competitor, n. [Fr. cometiteur or L. competitor, one of several who aim at the same object, a fellow-candidate, rival; see compete, v.] (webplay: gain, strife).

One who participates in a contest or race; opponent.

complacence, n. [med. L. complacentia < L. complacere, to please, be pleasant.]

Satisfaction; pleasure.