a. [ L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle. ] Having a handle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. cassare. See Cass. ] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating. ] [ L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium. ] 1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [ 1913 Webster ]

The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

Syn. -- To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. receiving or eligible for compensation.
Syn. -- remunerated, salaried, stipendiary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. See Condense, v. t. ] Made dense; condensed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water . . . thickened or condensate. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Condensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensating. ] To condense. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. conquassatus, p. p. of conquassare. ] To shake; to agitate. [ Obs. ] Harvey.

-- Con`quas*sa"tion n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decussating. ] [ L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X. ] To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

{ } a. 1. Crossed; intersected. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rhet.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a decussate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See Despond. ] To betroth. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword. ] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. Equipoise. ] To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exossatus, p. p. of exossare to bone , fr. exos without bones; ex out + os, ossis, bone. ] To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Extravasate, v. t. ] (Physiol.) To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extravasated p. pr. & vb. n. Extravasating ] [ Pref. extra- + L. vas vessel: cf. F. extravaser. See Vase. ] To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Improvise. ] Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Improvisated p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating ] To improvise; to extemporize. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incrassated p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating. ] [ L. incrassatus, p. p. of incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick. ] To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become thick or thicker.

{ } a. [ L. incrassatus, p. p. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate. ] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle.

-- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inspissated p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating ] [ L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick. ] To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inspissatus, p. p. ] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intensated p. pr. & vb. n. Intensating. ] [ See Intense. ] To intensify. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Iris. ] Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A manganate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. marquisat. ] The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
Syn. -- over-correct, compensate too much. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Pertuse. ] (Bot.) Pierced at the apex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pulsated p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating. ] [ L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse, v. ] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sating. ] [ Probably shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satur full. See Satiate. ] To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Sit. [ 1913 Webster ]

But sate an equal guest at every board. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Satin. ] A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Insatiable. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant. ] 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. “The satellites of power.” I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites. [ R. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sensated p. pr. & vb. n. Sensating. ] [ See Sensated. ] To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense. ] Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [ R. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Transvasation. ] To pour out of one vessel into another. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. vagari to stroll or wander. ] To caper or frolic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]