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[Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it
once was." Addison. -- Comparison of
hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with
another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain
whether both were written by the same person.
Bouvier. Burrill.

Com*par"i*son, v. t. To
compare. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Com*part" (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Comparted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Comparting.] [L. compartiri; com-
+ partiri, partire to share, pars,
partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See
Part, v. t.] To divide; to mark out
into parts or subdivisions. [R.]

The crystal surface is comparted all

In niches verged with rubies.

Glover.

Com`par*ti"tion (?), n. [LL.
compartitio.] The act of dividing into parts or
compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.
[Obs.]

Their temples . . . needed no
compartitions.

Sir H. Wotton.

Com*part"ment (?), n.

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