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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.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. -- In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [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.


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