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Meaning Of Compare
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.
v. t.
To represent as similar, for the purpose of
illustration; to liken.
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.
v. i.
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of,
comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.