noun.
A model or pattern; especially, a model or pattern of special excellence or perfection.
noun.
A companion; fellow; mate.
noun.
A rival.
noun.
Rivalry; emulation; hence, comparison; a test of excellence or superiority.
noun.
A stuff, embroidered or plain, used for dress and upholstery in the seventeenth century.
noun.
A diamond weighing more than 100 carats.
noun.
A size of printing-type, about lines to the inch, the intermediate of the larger size double small-pica and the smaller size great-primer, equal to 20 points, and so distinguished in the new system of sizes.
To compare; parallel; mention in comparison or competition.
To admit comparison with; rival; equal.
To go beyond; excel; surpass.
To compare; pretend to comparison or equality.