Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of the Latin confer, compare.
- An abbreviation of calf (binding).
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- abbreviation
compare , compare to - abbreviation see also
- abbreviation archaic
confer (in the obsolete sense of compare) particularly in Webster's 1913.
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- adverb compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
- adverb compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
- noun a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
- noun the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet this earl never defifted to detend the title cf the emprefs and her fon Henry againft king Stephen, and to dilhirb him by all tlie means he could, refolving upon that purpofc of his heart, never to fcrve other king than duke Henry -, fay - ing often.
The History of Cheshire: Containing King's Vale-royal Entire 1778
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'office during the term cf four years, and together with the Vice-Prefident, chofea for the fame term, be elefted a follows:
A pocket almanack, for the year ... : calculated for the use of the state of Massachusetts-Bay 1779
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"Nigger" has been reappropriated by some young black people as a positive/neutral term cf "queer" in some gay circles.
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T Goodwin cf 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 .227 a-Hiatt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .205
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T Goodwin cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 .231 d-Grissom ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219
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T Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .224 d-Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200
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A Martin cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 a-Cameron ph-cf 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 .262
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T Goodwin cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .266 d-D White ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
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T Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 e-Karros ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .257
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The red kind is that ufed in medicine, qnder the name cf Armcniiin bole; an indurated kind of Chap. ij,3 Lapis Lazuliy Rotten Stoncy &?
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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Cf. Chemical element symbol for Californium.
December 16, 2007