Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PARE'
COM-PARE', n.
- 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.
- Simile; similitude; illustration by comparison. – Johnson. [This noun is in use, but can not be considered as elegant.]
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