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recompensate

recompensate verb: to recompense.

Verb

recompensate (third-person singular simple present recompensates, present participle recompensating, simple past and past participle recompensated)

  1. To recompense.

Forms of recompensate

third-person singular presentrecompensates
present participlerecompensating
past participlerecompensated
pastrecompensated

Origin of recompensate

From re- + compensate. Cf. Late Latin recompensō.

Questions about recompensate

What does recompensate mean?
Recompensate means to recompense.
What part of speech is recompensate?
Recompensate is a verb.
What is the past tense of recompensate?
The past tense of recompensate is recompensated.

Words near recompensate in the dictionary

  1. recompence
  2. recompenced
  3. recompences
  4. recompencing
  5. recompensable
  6. recompensate
  7. recompensated
  8. recompensates
  9. recompensating
  10. recompensation
  11. recompensations

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