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Sating
(gcide) | Sate \Sate\, 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.
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Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and
pleasure of great cities. --Macaulay.
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compensating
(encz) | compensating,kompenzující adj: Zdeněk Brožcompensating,odškodňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compensating balance
(encz) | compensating balance, n: |
compensating reservoir
(encz) | compensating reservoir,kompenzační vodní nádrž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
compensating variation
(encz) | compensating variation,kompenzace změny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
compensating wage differential
(encz) | compensating wage differential,kompenzační odstupňovanost
mezd [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pulsating
(encz) | pulsating,pulzující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Compensating
(gcide) | 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. 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.
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2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
to make up for; to make amends for.
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The length of the night and the dews thereof do
compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
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The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
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compensating gearing
(gcide) | Jack-in-a-box \Jack-in-a-box\
1. (Bot.) A tropical tree (Hernandia sonora), which bears a
drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated calyx.
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2. A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the
lid is raised, a figure (usually a clown) springs; also
called jack-in-the-box.
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3. (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for transmitting
rotary motion to two parts in such a manner that their
relative rotation may be variable; applied to driving the
wheels of tricycles, road locomotives, and to cotton
machinery, etc.; an equation box; a jack frame; -- called
also compensating gearing.
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4. A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
crosspiece of a rude press.
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Condensating
(gcide) | Condensate \Con*den"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Condensating.]
To condense. [R.] --Hammond.
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Decussating
(gcide) | Decussate \De*cus"sate\, 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. Decussate |
Extravasating
(gcide) | Extravasate \Ex*trav"a*sate\, 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.
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Improvisating
(gcide) | Improvisate \Im*prov"i*sate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Improvisated; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating.]
To improvise; to extemporize.
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Incrassating
(gcide) | Incrassate \In*cras"sate\, 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.
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Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or
incrassate. --Sir I.
Newton.
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Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Inspissating
(gcide) | Inspissate \In*spis"sate\, 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.
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Intensating
(gcide) | Intensate \In*ten"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intensating.] [See Intense.]
To intensify. [R.] --Emerson.
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Pulsating
(gcide) | Pulsate \Pul"sate\, 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.
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The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate
long after it is taken from the body. --E. Darwin.
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Sensating
(gcide) | Sensate \Sen"sate\, 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.
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As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those
of the other are by the eye. --R. Hooke.
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compensating balance
(wn) | compensating balance
n 1: a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower
to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a
common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a
bank; "the compensating balance increases the effective
interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is
reduced but the interest paid is unchanged" [syn:
compensating balance, offsetting balance] |
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