Company

kum'pa-nY, n. State of being a companion; act of accompanying; an a emblage or a ociation of persons; guest's, dieting, the members of a family: a corporation; a firm: partners whose names are not mentioned in the title of the firm. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment. (Xaut.) The crew of a ship. — v. To a ociate. [OF. companie, compagnie, f LL. companies, a company, a taking of meals together, comp an is, food taken with bread.fr. L. con and pants, bread.]— To keep company. To accompany, attend; to a ociate frequently or habitually, esp. as a lover. — Companion, kom-pan'yun, n. One a ociated with another; comrade; ally; accomplice. [OF.]— Companion hatch. (Xaut.) A porch over the entrance of the'cabin.— C. ladder. One by which officers ascend to the quarter-deck. — C. way. A staircase leading to the cabin. — Companionable, a. Agreeable as a companion: sociable. — Compan'- i on able ne , n. — Compan'ionably, adv.— Compan'- i on ship. n. Fellowship; a ociation. Compare, kom-par', [-pared (-pardr -paring.] To examine the mutual relations of; to represent as similar, for purposes of illustration; to liken. (Gram.) To inflect according to degrees of comparison. — v.i. To hold comparison; to be like or equal; to admit of comparison. [F. comparer, L. comp a rare,-atum, to adjust, set together.fr. con and parare, to prepare.] — Compar'er, n. — Comparable, kom'pa-ra-bl. a. Capable or worthy of comparison. — Cem'parably, adv. — Comparative, -p 'a-tiv, a. Estimated by. or proceeding from, comparison naving power of comparing. Gram.) Expre ing a greater or le degree of a quantity, or quality, than the positive. — Compar'atively, adv. In a comparative manner; by comparison; relatively. Comparison. -T-sun or -Y-sn, Act of comparing; comparative estimate. See Phrenology. Inflection of an adjective or adverb in its several degrees. (Rhet.) A simile or similitude.