अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

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.

To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

of Compare

One who compares.

of Compare

To compare.

The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

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.

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.

That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

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.

The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.

of Compart

of Compart

The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.

One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

See Copartner.