compare

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He proceeds to compare the Persian words, pentcha_, hand, and pendj_, five, as being connected with one another, and gives various other curious instances of finger-numeration.

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  1. transitive verb To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken.
  2. transitive verb To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of.
  3. transitive verb Grammar To form the positive, comparative, or superlative degree of (an adjective or adverb).
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  • In Europe, the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme kicked off five years ago, but the market was flooded with permits, making it cheap to pollute -- compare $38 per ton of carbon dioxide, which now trades at $12 per ton. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Don't let the lies of our governments fool you -- compare the cost of housing, cars, health, recreation, education, or the real cost of food (taking into account massive agricultural subsidies) or manufactured goods (taking into account the shoddiness and replacement cost of the crap on the shelves today) to that in 1970 and you'll see we've been in an inflationary spiral for decades. —  How to Save the World
  • What we're doing, is replicating what cruise agencies did in the 80's and 90's with their reservation infrastructure -- allowing traditional and online buyers to shop, compare, and book trips for the first time. —  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News
  • To compare, the last budgetyear (closed in September 2008) ended with a —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
  • LeVawn Gravenstach from HarperCons offered to buy Cadman's vote -- compare Crim Code s. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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  1. Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparāre, from compār, equal : com-, com- + pār, equal; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French comparer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese comparar = Italian comparare, from Latin comparare, conparare, connect in pairs, join, match, put together, compare (cf. compar, conpar, like or equal to another), from com-, together, with, + par, equal (see par, pair, peer, compeer); a different word from Latin comparare, prepare, make ready, furnish: see compare.
  2. from compare, v.
  3. from Latin comparare, prepare, make ready, provide, furnish, from com-, together, + parare, prepare: see pare. Cf. comparation.
 

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