Obs. rare. [ad. L. comparāre, f. com- together + parāre to get ready, provide, furnish, prepare; cf. OF. comparer, comperer, comprer, to purchase, acquire. But the proper place of sense 2 is doubtful.]
1. trans. To get, obtain, acquire.
1532. Thynne, Chaucer’s Wks., Ded. The glorie hertofore compared and adquired by dyvers princes.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., I. iv. 28. Both from backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.
2. To set forth, allege.
1536. Narr. Pilgr. of Grace, in Eng. Hist. Rev., April (1890). By lyke lettre to the said erle comparing in the same the said order takin at Doncaster. Ibid. By comparing cause of newe comocions, supposed to be maid by the said Aske, wich was vntrew.
