Definition of compare

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Compare (v. t.) To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquir.

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Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..
Confront :: Confront (v. t.) To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
More :: More (n.) A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with..
Assemble :: Assemble (v. i.) To liken; to compare.
Syncitia :: Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Test :: Test (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
Octavalent :: Octavalent (a.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals..
Resemble :: Resemble (v. t.) To liken; to compare; to represent as like.
Density :: Density (n.) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard..
Comparative :: Comparative (a.) Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state..
Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type..
Fugacious :: Fugacious (a.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
Equal :: Equal (v. t.) To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality..
Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..
Palladious :: Palladious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds..
Paragon :: Paragon (v. t.) To compare with; to equal; to rival.
Sonant :: Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate..
Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent..
Compare :: Compare (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.
Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y
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