Verb

(compar)

(label) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with' Y, one might have found it similar '''to''' Y or different ' from Y.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke

, title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

(label) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.

To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

(label) To be similar (often used in the negative ).

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Shall pack horsescompare with Caesar's?

(label) To get; to obtain.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

To fill his bags, and richesse to compare .

Verb

(en verb)

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. -

All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - .

To advise or offer expertise.

To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.

To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.

Men forgot, or feared, to consult''' ... ; they were content to '''consult libraries. - .

To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

We are ... to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. -L'Estrange.

(obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.

Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. -.

(obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Thou hast consulted shame to thy use by cutting off many people. - Bible, Heb. ii. 10.