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Comparison.
Illustration by comparison; simile.
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
of Compare
One who compares.
of Compare
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
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.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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.
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 faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
To compare.
To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.
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of Compart
The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.
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.
One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
See Copartner.