Band books

2. Illustration by comparison;
simile. [Obs.]

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big
compare.

Shak.

Beyond compare. See Beyond
comparison, under Comparison.

Com*pare", v. t. [L.
comparare to prepare, procure; com- +
parare. See Prepare, Parade.] To get;
to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.]

To fill his bags, and richesse to
compare.

Spenser.

Com*par"er (?), n. One who
compares.

Com*par"i*son (? or ?), n. [F.
comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st
Compare.] 1. The act of comparing; an
examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering
the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them.

Macaulay.

The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison.

Trench.

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