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<syn>Syn. -- Assemblage; assembly; society; group; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering.</syn>

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<hw>Com"pa*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Companied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Companying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To accompany or go with; to be companion to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Com"pa*ny</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To associate.</def>

<blockquote>Men which have <b>companied</b> with us all the time. <i>Acts i. 21.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be a gay companion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To have sexual commerce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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<hw>Com"pa*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comparabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>comparable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.</def>

<blockquote>There is no blessing of life <b>comparable</b> to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Com"pa*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Com"pa*ra*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Com"pa*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comparatum</ets>, fr. <ets>comparatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>comparare</ets>. See 1st <er>Compare</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>One of two things compared together.</def>

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<hw>Com`pa*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comparatio</ets>. See <er>Compare</er> to get.]</ety> <def>A making ready; provision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Com*par"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comparativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>comparatif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to comparison.</def> "The <i>comparative</i> faculty."

<i>Granvill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; <as>as, the <ex>comparative</ex> anatomy</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.</def>

<blockquote>The recurrence of <b>comparative</b> warmth and cold. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The bubble, by reason of its <b>comparative</b> levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -<i>er</i>, <i>more</i>, or <i>less</i>; <as>as, brighter, <ex>more</ex> bright, or <ex>less</ex> bright</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Comparative sciences</col>, <cd>those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, <i>comparative anatomy<i>, <i>comparative physiology<i>, <i>comparative philology<i>.</cd></cs>

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