Definition for COM-PARE'

COM-PARE', n.

  1. The state of being compared; comparative estimate; comparison; possibility of entering into comparison, or being considered as equal. Their small gallies may not hold compare / With our tall ships. – Waller.
  2. Simile; similitude; illustration by comparison. – Johnson. [This noun is in use, but can not be considered as elegant.]

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