to endeavour to detect the similitude or equality between two or several objects: comparare (compare two things which are quite similar to one another, i. e., stand in the relation of a pair): componere (to place the one by the side of the other; of things which approximate to each other, and when the difference existing between them may be equalized): conferre (to subject to comparison things which are very different from - or opposed to - each other): contendere (to hold together things to discover whether they suit together, if that point is still doubtful), all; with anything, alicui rei or cum aliqua re: compare between or among another, with another, comparare or conferre inter se: to be compared with one another, in contentionis judicium vocari.