Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM'PEN-SATE, v.i.

To make amends; to supply an equivalent; followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. This word is generally accented on the second syllable, most unfortunately, as any ear will determine by the feebleness of the last syllables in the participles, compens'ated, compens'ating. Each seeming want compensated of course. – Pope. With the primary accent on the first syllable, and the secondary accent on the third, this defect, and the difficulty of uttering distinctly the last syllables are remedied.