Definition of Compering

1. Verb. (present participle of compere) ¹

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Definition of Compering

1. compere [v] - See also: compere

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compering

compensatory
compensatory atrophy
compensatory circulation
compensatory damages
compensatory hypertrophy
compensatory hypertrophy of the heart
compensatory lengthening
compensatory pause
compensatory spending
compensatory time
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Literary usage of Compering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1898)
"... and aleo the figures recorded in the practice of Dr. O'Dwyer and in that of Dr. Dillon Brown, compering the results obtained with and without antitoxin. ..."

2. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"Unexplained in NED, which quotes Shropshire 'compering' = mettlesome, high-spirited. 15. od =- famous, distinguished, rare. Cf. Ascham, Schole- master, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"On compering the previous sketch with the result of the examination, we were rather disappointed at the result, ..."

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