Middle English Dictionary Entry
comparāte ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | comparāte ppl. Also comperate. |
| Etymology | Ppl. of L comparāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Made alike; similar, alike.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/a : Ouer þe nature of þe skyn, to which al bene comperate i. likned [*Ch.(2): comparysoned], is noȝt founden any membre symple more callid & sicca þan it.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.187 : A man is comparate [Trev.: haþ comoun worchynge] with mony thynges in the worlde..for he is slawe otherwhile as the erthe, floenge like to the water.