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▪ I. comparing, vbl. n.|kəmˈpɛərɪŋ|
[f. compare v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb compare; comparison.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 261 Sen thai mak sic comperyng Betwix the dettis off wedding, And lordis bidding till his threll. 1551Cranmer Answ. Gardiner 409 In the comparings. 1579Fulke Refut. Rastel 728 His comparing of the sacrament with spicebread. 1695Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxv. (ed. 3) 173 Relation, consists in the referring, or comparing two things, one to another. 1957Eng. Lang. Teaching XII. 8 Speech acquires structure through incessant comparings.
▪ II. comˈparing, ppl. a.
That compares.
1697J. Serjeant Solid Philos. 293 The mind lends nothing but her Comparing Nature, to make those Common Notions. 1884Athenæum, 12 July 42/3 He seems to be wanting in the comparing faculty. |