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vergüten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anneal verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  • compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.

Senses

vergüten is used for these senses in English:

  • anneal (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  • compensate To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.

anneal — full definition

  1. verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  2. verb To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
  3. verb To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
  4. verb To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.

compensate — full definition

  1. verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
  2. verb To make up for a weakness or problem by adjusting something else.

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