n. [ F. caparaçon, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap. ] 1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay or rich clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caparisoned pos>p. pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning. ] [ Cf. F caparaçonner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am caparisoned like a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. clarisonus; clarus + sonus. ] Having a clear sound. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st Compare. ] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? Mark iv. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. --
In comparison of,
In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [ Archaic ] “So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.” Addison. --
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. Bouvier. Burrill.

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v. t. To compare. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; -- usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disherit. ] The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinherison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disinherit, v. t., and cf. Disherison. ] Same as Disherison. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To let loose from prison, to set at liberty. [ R. ] Bulwer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Obs. ] See Imprison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish. ] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. [ 1913 Webster ]

In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garrisoned p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning. ] (Mil.) (a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See Gris. ] (Zool.) (a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. ] (Geog.) (a) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps. (b) sing. The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Horrisonous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound. ] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imprisoned p. pr. & vb. n. Imprisoning. ] [ OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison. ] 1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He imprisoned was in chains remediless. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. [ 1913 Webster ]

Try to imprison the resistless wind. Dryden.

Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who imprisons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement. ] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

False imprisonment. (Law) See under False.

Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

n. [ OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See Oration. ] A prayer; a supplication. [ Poetic ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began
Their orisons, each morning duly paid. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Horizon. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To garrison to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Glassworking) An intermediate stage or shape of a glass object which is produced in more than one stage. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n., Misprision. ] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o&unr_; confinement, restraint, or safe custody. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. Ps. cxlii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tyrant Aeolus, . . .
With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds,
And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prison bars, or
Prison base. See Base, n., 24. --
Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4. --
Prison house, a prison. Shak. --
Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. --
Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prisoned p. pr. & vb. n. Prisoning. ] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prisoned eagle dies for rage. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

His true respect will prison false desire. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind (together); to enchain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led
Together prisoned. Robert of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prisonnier. ] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prisoner's base. See Base, n., 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imprisonment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To imprison again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under State, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + prison. ] To take or deliver from prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. warison safety, supplies, cure, F. guérison cure. See Warish, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Preparation; protection; provision; supply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reward; requital; guerdon. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wit and wisdom is good warysoun. Proverbs of Hending. [ 1913 Webster ]