单词 | comparing |
释义 | comparingn. The action of compare v.1; comparison. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] evennessOE eveningc1225 collationc1374 respitea1382 comparison1393 proportion?a1425 resemblance?a1439 comparation1483 comparing1489 commensuration1526 parificationc1537 conferring1561 paragon1590 counter-scale1645 counterbalance1647 collibration1656 confrontation1665 similituding1681 simile1682 confronting1887 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar comparison1340 likeningc1390 comparing1489 equiparation1623 analogy1645 assimilating1781 admeasurement1819 assimilation1855 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 261 Sen yai mak sic comperyng Betwix ye dettis off wedding And lordis bidding till his threll. 1551 T. Cranmer Answ. S. Gardiner 409 In the comparynges. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 728 His comparing of the sacrament with spicebread. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxv. 151 Relation, consists in the referring, or comparing two things, one to another. 1957 Eng. Lang. Teaching XII. 8 Speech acquires structure through incessant comparings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). comparingadj. That compares. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adjective] > engaged in comparison comparing1697 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 293 The mind lends nothing but her Comparing Nature, to make those Common Notions. 1884 Athenæum 12 July 42/3 He seems to be wanting in the comparing faculty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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