comparisounen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French comparisoner, comparaisoner; equivalent to comparisoun + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcomparisounen
- To give something identical or similar value to something else.
- Synonym: comparen
- To compare; to examine the similarities and differences between two things.
- Synonym: comparen
- (rare) To make something comparable or similar to another.
Conjugation
editConjugation of comparisounen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
edit- “comparisǒunen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.