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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

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

(3):

(v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

(4):

(n.) Comparison.

(5):

(n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.

(6):

(v. t.) To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

(7):

(v. t.) 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.

(8):

(v. t.) To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compare'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/compare.html. 1828.
 
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