These are the meanings of the letters MCPRAOE when you unscramble them.
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Comparison.
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Illustration by comparison; simile.
- Compare (v. i.)
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.
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To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
- Compare (v. t.)
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
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To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
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To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing \"- er\" and \"-est\" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing \"more\" and \"most\", or \"less\" and \"least\", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
- Compare (v. t.)
To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.