transitive. To liken, compare (a person or thing) to or with another. Now rare (chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use).

To place together so as to note the similarities and differences of; = compare, v.1 2.

To bring into comparison or competition. transitive. To compare to or unto. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To compare (something) to another thing; to apply as a comparison or illustration.

transitive. To mark or point out the similarities and differences of (two or more things); to bring or place together (actually or mentally) for…

To bring into comparison, compare, collate. Const. usually with; also to, unto. Also absol. Obsolete.

transitive. To place in juxtaposition; to add together; †to compare; †to put together, construct; †passive to be composed of.

To compare with. Obsolete.

transitive. Chiefly poetic. To compare or equate with or to. Now archaic and rare.

transitive. To compare; to put in competition; = paragon, v. 1.

To put (one thing) in the balance against another; to compare (one thing) by or to another.

To represent or express by something corresponding or fitting; to apprehend mentally by the analogy of something else. Obsolete.

To set (a thing) face to face or side by side with another for purposes of comparison, etc.

transitive. to name on (also in) the same day: to bring into comparison or connection. Similarly to name of a day. Only in negative contexts. Obsolete…

To bring together for comparison; to compare carefully and exactly, in order to ascertain points of agreement and difference.

transitive. to lay down by: to consider together with.

= sample, v.

To couple together in comparison. Obsolete.

transitive. To compare in respect of similarity with; to examine the likeness of. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To trace or pursue (a parallel, resemblance, etc.); (also) to draw (a distinction).

To match (one thing) with another by way of return, rivalry, or comparison. Now archaic.

transitive. To bring into proximity, or into contact; to place side by side; to juxtapose.