Definition of "compensates" [compensates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate. (verb)

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• "Plus the amount of detail you are able to see with your eyes is actually a very narrow portion of your field of vision -- that is, everything outside of what you look at directly is somewhat blurry, although your brain compensates for this to some degree, filling in the fuzz with informed guesses."
• "Brain compensates for aging by becoming less 'specialized'"
• "How Parkin overexpression compensates for PINK1 loss is not known, but there are several possible explanations."