Dictionary entry

Compare (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com‐pare″, n. 1. Comparison.

His mighty champion, strong beyond compare.

Milton.

Their small galleys may not hold compare

With our tall ships.

Waller.

2. Illustration by comparison; simile.

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.

Shak.

Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.