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  • 81even out — verb 1. adjust for engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance • Syn: ↑compensate, ↑counterbalance, ↑correct, ↑make up, ↑even off, ↑even up • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 82even up — verb 1. adjust for engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance • Syn: ↑compensate, ↑counterbalance, ↑correct, ↑make up, ↑even out, ↑even off • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 83make up — verb 1. form or compose (Freq. 19) This money is my only income The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance These constitute my entire belonging The children made up the chorus This sum represents my entire income for a year These few men …

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  • 84Compensate — Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), 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… …

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  • 85Compensated — Compensate Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), 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.… …

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  • 86Compensating — Compensate Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), 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.… …

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  • 87counterpoise — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English countrepesen, from Anglo French contrepeser, from cuntre + peser to weigh more at poise Date: 14th century counterbalance II. noun Date: 15th century 1. counterbalance 2 …

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  • 88offset — I. noun Date: circa 1555 1. a. archaic outset, start b. cessation 2. a. (1) a short prostrate lateral shoot arising from the base of a plant (2) a small bulb arising from the base of another bulb …

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  • 89Archery — competition in West Germany in the early 1980s …

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  • 90May 1 — This article is about the date May 1. For the labor related holiday, see International Workers Day; for the traditional holiday, see May Day. << May 2011 >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 …

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