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Beyond compareCompare Com*pare", n.
1. Comparison. [Archaic]
His mighty champion, strong beyond compare.
--Milton.
Their small galleys may not hold compare With our
tall ships. --Waller.
2. Illustration by comparison; simile. [Obs.]
Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.
--Shak.
Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under
Comparison. Beyond comparisonComparison Com*par"i*son (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] ``So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was.' --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill. ComparableComparable Com"pa*ra*ble, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F.
comparable.]
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
There is no blessing of life comparable to the
enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison.
-- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv. ComparablenessComparable Com"pa*ra*ble, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F.
comparable.]
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
There is no blessing of life comparable to the
enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison.
-- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv. ComparablyComparable Com"pa*ra*ble, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F.
comparable.]
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
There is no blessing of life comparable to the
enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison.
-- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv. ComparateComparate Com"pa*rate, n. [L. comparatum, fr. comparatus, p.
p. of comparare. See 1st Compare.] (Logic)
One of two things compared together. ComparationComparation Com`pa*ra"tion, n. [L. comparatio. See Compare
to get.]
A making ready; provision. [Obs.] ComparativeComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. Comparative
Comparative Com*par"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the
form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as,
stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all
comparatives.
In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in
superlatives there is a relation of many. --Angus.
2. An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.]
Gerard ever was His full comparative. --Beau. & Fl.
3. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.]
``Every beardless vain comparative.' --Shak.
Comparative anatomyAnatomy A*nat"o*my, n.; pl. Anatomies. [F. anatomie, L.
anatomia, Gr. ? dissection, fr. ? to cut up; ? + ? to cut.]
1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the
different parts of any organized body, to discover their
situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. The science which treats of the structure of organic
bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together,
according to the knowledge of them which is given us
by anatomy. --Dryden.
Note: ``Animal anatomy' is sometimes called zomy;
``vegetable anatomy,' phytotomy; ``human anatomy,'
anthropotomy.
Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different
kinds and classes of animals.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,
for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the
anatomy of a discourse.
5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has
the appearance of being so.
The anatomy of a little child, representing all
parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than
the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller.
They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced
villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. comparative anatomyComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. Comparative grammarGrammar Gram"mar, n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire
Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr ?, fem. of ? skilled in grammar,
fr. ? letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical,
Gramarye.]
1. The science which treats of the principles of language;
the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one
another; the art concerned with the right use aud
application of the rules of a language, in speaking or
writing.
Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying
of words according to their function in the sentence.
--Bain.
2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or
according to established usage; speech considered with
regard to the rules of a grammar.
The original bad grammar and bad spelling.
--Macaulay.
3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book
containing the principles and rules for correctness in
speaking or writing.
4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as,
a grammar of geography.
Comparative grammar, the science which determines the
relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing
their grammatical forms.
Grammar school.
(a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek
grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory
to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby
Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in
England than in the United States.
When any town shall increase to the number of a
hundred families or householders, they shall set
up a grammar school, the master thereof being
able to instruct youth so far as they may be
fitted for the University. --Mass.
Records
(1647).
(b) In the American system of graded common schools an
intermediate grade between the primary school and the
high school, in which the principles of English
grammar are taught. comparative philologyComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. comparative physiologyComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. Comparative sciencesComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. Comparatively
Comparatively Com*par"a*tive*ly, adv.
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not
positively or absolutely.
With but comparatively few exceptions. --Prescott.
Comparator
Comparator Com"pa*ra`tor (? or ?), n. [L., a comparer.]
(Physics)
An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be
measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a
machine for comparing standards of length.
Compare
Compare Com*pare", v. i.
1. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of,
comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his
earlier.
I should compare with him in excellence. --Shak.
2. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
Shall pack horses . . . compare with C[ae]sars?
--Shak.
CompareCompare Com*pare", n.
1. Comparison. [Archaic]
His mighty champion, strong beyond compare.
--Milton.
Their small galleys may not hold compare With our
tall ships. --Waller.
2. Illustration by comparison; simile. [Obs.]
Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.
--Shak.
Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under
Comparison. CompareCompare Com*pare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparing.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal
to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair,
Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]
1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or
more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering
their resemblances or differences; to bring into
comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak.
The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth. --Milton.
Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak.
To compare great things with small. --Milton.
2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration;
to liken.
Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators
and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would
be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
--Bacon.
3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison;
to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of;
as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by
affixing ``- er' and ``-est' to the positive form; as,
black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable
are usually compared by prefixing ``more' and ``most',
or ``less' and ``least', to the positive; as, beautiful,
more beautiful, most beautiful.
Syn: To Compare, Compare with, Compare to.
Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn
their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare
Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding
which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to
another because of a real or fanciful likeness or
similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been
common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a
thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the
eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of
its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to
the lungs of the human body. CompareCompare Com*pare", v. t. [L. comparare to prepare, procure;
com- + parare. See Prepare, Parade.]
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.]
To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. --Spenser. ComparedCompare Com*pare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparing.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal
to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair,
Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]
1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or
more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering
their resemblances or differences; to bring into
comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak.
The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth. --Milton.
Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak.
To compare great things with small. --Milton.
2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration;
to liken.
Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators
and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would
be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
--Bacon.
3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison;
to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of;
as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by
affixing ``- er' and ``-est' to the positive form; as,
black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable
are usually compared by prefixing ``more' and ``most',
or ``less' and ``least', to the positive; as, beautiful,
more beautiful, most beautiful.
Syn: To Compare, Compare with, Compare to.
Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn
their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare
Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding
which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to
another because of a real or fanciful likeness or
similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been
common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a
thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the
eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of
its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to
the lungs of the human body. Comparer
Comparer Com*par"er, n.
One who compares.
ComparingCompare Com*pare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparing.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal
to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair,
Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]
1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or
more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering
their resemblances or differences; to bring into
comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak.
The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth. --Milton.
Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak.
To compare great things with small. --Milton.
2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration;
to liken.
Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators
and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would
be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
--Bacon.
3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison;
to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of;
as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by
affixing ``- er' and ``-est' to the positive form; as,
black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable
are usually compared by prefixing ``more' and ``most',
or ``less' and ``least', to the positive; as, beautiful,
more beautiful, most beautiful.
Syn: To Compare, Compare with, Compare to.
Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn
their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare
Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding
which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to
another because of a real or fanciful likeness or
similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been
common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a
thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the
eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of
its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to
the lungs of the human body. ComparisonComparison Com*par"i*son (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] ``So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was.' --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill. Comparison
Comparison Com*par"i*son, v. t.
To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Comparison of handsComparison Com*par"i*son (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] ``So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was.' --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill. CompartCompart Com*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comparted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparting.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire
to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See
Part, v. t.]
To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]
The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged
with rubies. --Glover. CompartedCompart Com*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comparted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparting.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire
to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See
Part, v. t.]
To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]
The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged
with rubies. --Glover.
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Labdia compar is a moth in the
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