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#19. Imitation. -- N. imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription;
repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction;
mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint.
mockery, mimiery; simulation, impersonation, personation;
representation &c. 554; semblance; copy &c. 21; assimilation.
paraphrase, parody &c. 21.
plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit &c. (falsehood) 544; celluloid.
imitator, echo, cuckoo|, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime;
copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.
V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo,
reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.
mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act &c.
(drama) 599; represent &c.. 554; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature,
burlesque.
follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps
of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the
example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike
in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
Adj. imitated &c. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.
paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish,
mimicking.

Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem
verbis, word for word, mot a mot; exactly, precisely.

Phr.like master like man; " like - but oh! how different! "
[Wordsworthl; " genius borrows nobly " [Emerson]; pursuing echoes calling
'mong the rocks " [A. Coles]; " quotation confesses inferiority "
[Emerson].


#20. Nonimitation. -- N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
invention, creation.
Adj. unimitated, uncopied; unmatched, unparalleled; inimitable &c. 13;
unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui
generis uncommon, unexampled.


#20a. Variation. -- N. variation; alteration &c.. (change) 140.
modification, moods and tenses; discrepance, discrepancy.
divergency &c.. 291; deviation &c. 279; aberration; innovation.
V. vary &c.. (change) 140; deviate &c. 279; diverge &c. 291; alternate,
swerve.
Adj. varied &c. v.; modified; diversified &c.. 16a.

#21. [Result of imitation.] Copy. -- N. copy, facsimile, xerox,
counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo,
similitude, semblance, cast, tracing, ectype, photo offset, electrotype;
imitation &c. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait &c.
(representment) 554; resemblance.
duplicate; transcript, transcription; reflex, reflexion, reflection;
shadow, echo; recording, scan; chip off the old block; reprint,
reproduction; second edition &c. (repetition) 104; rechauffe; apograph,
fair copy, revise.
parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase.
[copy with some differences] derivative, modification, expansion,
extension.
servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake
&c.(deception) 545; pasticcio.
Adj. faithful; lifelike &c.. (similar) 17; close, conscientious.
unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

#22. [Thing copied.] Prototype. -- N. prototype, original, model,
pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype,
antitype; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm; lay-
figure.
text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm;
proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp.
V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy. Phr. a
precedent embalms a principle [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa.

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4. GENERAL RELATION


#23. Agreement. -- N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
concord &c. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.
conformity &c.. 82; conformance; uniforinity &c.. 1*6; consonance,
consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping;
congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.
fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey;
sortance|; case in point; aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability,
admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9.
adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation,
reconcilement; assimilation.
consent &c. (assent) 488; concurrence &c. 178; cooperation &c. 709.
right man in the right place, very thing,; quite the thing, just the
thing.
V. be accordant &c. adj.; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally,
respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime
in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail,
assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match &c. 17;
become one; homologate.
consent &c.. (assent) 488.
render accordant &c. adj.; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate;
adjust &c. (render, equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust; accord,
harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.
Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant, concordant,
consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent;
becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in
harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c. n.; at one with, of one
mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on
all fours.
apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy,
felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing
upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable,
suitable, idoneous, deft; meet &c. (expedient) 646.

at home, in one's proper element.
Adv. a propos of; pertinently &c.. adj.
Phr. rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits;
auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Syrus]; discers concordia [Ovid].

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#24. Disagreement. -- N. disagreement; discord, discordance;
dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity &c.. 83; incongruity,
incongruence; discongruity, mesalliance; jarring &c. v.; dissension &c.
713; conflict &c.. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing, misunderstanding,
wrangle.
disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality;
disproportionateness &c. adj.; variance, divergence, repugnance.
unfitness &c. adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability &c..
adj.; inconsistency, inconcinnity; irrelevancy &c.. (irrelation) 10.
misjoining, misjoinder; syncretism, intrusion, interference; concordia
discors.
fish out of water.
V. disagree; clash, jar &c.. (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come
amiss; not concern &c. 10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere
equinam.
Adj. disagreeing &c.. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war;
hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable,
inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c.. 83; intrusive,
incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated; unharmonious;
unconsonant; divergent, repugnant to.
inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable;
inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming;
illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible; inapposite &c..
(irrelevant) 10. uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched,
misjoined, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible,
uncommensurable; unsympathetic.
out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint,
out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds
with, at variance with.
Adv. in defiance, in contempt,in spite of; discordantly &c. adj.; a
tort et a travers.
Phr. asinus ad lyram.

SECTION III. Q U A N T I T Y

1. SIMPLE QUANTITY

#25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity. -- N. quantity, magnitude; size
&c. (dimensions) 192; amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum,
measure, substance, strength, force.
[Science of quantity.] mathematics, mathesis.
[Logic.] category, general conception, universal predicament.
[Definite or finite quantity.] armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful,
capful; stock, batch, lot, dose; yaffle.
V. quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.
Adj. quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few.
Adv. to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly,
precisely..



#26. [Relative quantity.] Degree. -- N. degree, grade, extent,
measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude,
range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station,
rank, standing; rate, way, sort.
point, mark, stage &c.. (term) 71; intensity, strength &c. (greatness)
31.
Adj. comparative; gradual, shading off; within the bounds &c. (limit)
233.
Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto; however, howsoever;
step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop; a
little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and
little; in some degree, in some measure; to some extent; di grado in grado.

2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY

#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality. -- N. equality,
parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level.
equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance;
par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference,
six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum;
identity &c. 13; similarity &c.. 17.
equalization, equation; equilibration, co*ordination, adjustment,
readjustment. drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw,
standoff, dead heat.
match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.
V. be equal &c.. adj.; equal, match,reach, keep pace with, run
abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level
with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing.
render equal &c. adj.; equalize level, dress, balance, equate,
handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit,
accommodate; adapt &c. (render accordant) 23; strike a balance; establish
equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the
bed of Procrustes.
Adj. equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate;
on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark;
equiparant.
equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous;
synonymous &c.. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as
long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good
as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous,
equibalanced; equalized &c. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal,
isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.
Adv. equally &c. adj.; pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus; in
equilibrio; to all intents and purposes.

Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.



#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality. -- N. inequality;
disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination of
the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-
weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation.
V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the
advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple,topple over; overmatch
&c.. 33; not come up to &c. 34.
Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced;
top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant.
Adv. haud passibus aequis [Vergil].


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#29. Mean. -- N. mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance,
mediocrity, generality;median, mode; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628;
middle &c.. 68; compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state;
neutrality.
V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean &c.
n.; strike a balance, pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking
all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round
numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati.

#30. Compensation. -- N. compensation, equation; commutation;
indemnification; compromise &c.. 774 neutralization, nullification;
counteraction &c. 179; reaction; measure for measure. retaliation &c. 718
equalization &c.. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast;
indemnity, equivalent, quid pro,quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c..
(atonement) 952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand.
V. make compensation; compensate, compense; indemnify; counteract,
countervall, counterpoise; balance; outbalance, overbalance,
counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee
way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good;
redeem &c. (atone) 952.
Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing &c. v.; in the
opposite scale; equivalent &c.. (equal) 27.
Adv. in return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still,
notwithstanding; nevertheless, nathless, none the less; although, though;
albeit, howbeit; mauger; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may, for
all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus, quand
meme, however that may be; after all is said and done; taking one thing
with another &c. (average) 29.
Phr. " light is mingled with the gloom " [Whittier]; every dark cloud
has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Vergil]; saepe creat
molles aspera spina rosas [Ovid].

QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD

#31. Greatness. -- N. greatness &c. adj.; magnitude; size &c.
(dimensions) 192; multitude &c. (number) 102; immensity; enormity; infinity
&c. 105; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance &c. 642.
great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world;
mass, heap &c. (assemblage) 72; stock &c. (store) 636; peck, bushel, load,
cargo; cartload, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance &c.
(sufficiency) 639.
principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best
part, essential part ; bulk, mass &c. (whole) 50.
V. be great &c. adj.; run high, soar, tower, transcend; rise to a
great height, carry to a great height; know no bounds; ascend, mount.
enlarge &c.. (increase) 35, (expand) 194.
Adj. great; greater &c. 33; large, considerable, fair, above par; big,
huge &c.. (large in size) 192; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant &c..
(enough) 639 full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep,
high; signal, at its height, in the zenith.
world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many &c. 102.
goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone,
arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense,
consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark
staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.;
important &c. 642; unsurpassed &c. (supreme) 33; complete &c. 52. august,
grand, dignified, sublime, majestic &c. (repute) 873.
vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant,
exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous,
overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible;
marvelous &c..
870.
unlimited &c.. (infinite) 105; unapproachable, unutterable,
indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression,
fabulous.
undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted.
absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect,
finished.
remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest; noteworthy; renowned.
Adv. [in a positive degree] truly &c. (truth) 494; decidedly,
unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally,
radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main.
[in a complete degree] entirely &c. (completely) 52; abundantly &c.
(sufficiently) 639; widely, far and wide.
[in a great or high degree] greatly &c. adj.; much, muckle, well,
indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty,
pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a
great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever
so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale;
mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely,
exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably;
beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds;
incalculably, infinitely.
[in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively &c. (superiority)
33.
[in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously,
inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion,
with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously,
uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly,
pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly,
emphatically, , strangely, wonderfully, amazingly,
surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree] peculiarly &c.. (unconformity) 83.
[in a violent degree] furiously &c. (violence) 173; severely,
desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly,
devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance.
[in a painful degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly,
piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably,
shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.
Phr. a maximis ad minima; " greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "
mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed " [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet
libere cui multum licet [Seneca]; " some are born great, some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them " [Twelfth Night].



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#32. Smallness. -- N. smallness &c. adj.; littleness &c.. (small size)
193; tenuity; paucity; fewness &c (small number) 103; meanness,
insignificance (unimportance) 643; mediocrity, moderation.
small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point;
material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot,
mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab,
dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast;
grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop,
droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch,
patch, scantling,
tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter,
shive; snip, snippet; snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag; chip, chipping;
shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair.
nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful; fragment;
fraction &c. (part) 51; drop in the ocean.
animalcule &c. 193.
trifle &c. (unimportant thing) 643; mere nothing, next to nothing;
hardly anything; just enough to swear by; the shadow of a shade.
finiteness, finite quantity.
V. be small &c. adj.; lie in a nutshell.
diminish &c. (decrease) 36; (contract) 195.
Adj. small, little; diminutive &c. (small in size) 193; minute; fine;
inconsiderable, paltry &c. (unimportant) 643; faint &c. (weak) 160;
slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager &c. (insufficient)
640; sparing; few &c. 103; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great
shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway;
moderate, modest; tender, subtle.
inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small;
atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic.
mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare; near run.
dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent.
Adv. [in a small degree] to a small extent, on a small scale; a little
bit, a wee bit; slightly &c. adj.; imperceptibly; miserably, wretchedly;
insufficiently &c. 640; imperfectly; faintly &c. 160; passably, pretty
well, well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree] partially, in part; in a certain
degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some,
rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only,
purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so
little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree; thus
far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak.
almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon,
close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch
of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. [in
an uncertain degree] about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be
the same, be little more or less. [in no degree] no ways, no way, no wise;
not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a
jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of
means; on no account, at no hand.
Phr. dare pondus idonea fumo [Persius]; magno conatu magnas nugas
[Terence]; " small sands the mountain, moments make the year [Young].

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QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR OBJECT

#33. Superiority. [Supremacy.] -- N. superiority, majority; greatness
&c.. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground,
prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c.. (rank) 875;
Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain;
crackajack * [U. S.].
supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; , climax;
culmination &c. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra; lion's share,
Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40; (redundance) 641.
V. be superior &c.. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance,
outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-
top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop,
cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c.. 303; eclipse, throw into the
shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have
the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale,
kick the beam; play first fiddle &c.. (importance) 642,; preponderate,
predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a
head, culminate; beat &c. all others,
bear the palm; break the record; take the cake * [U. S.].
become larger, render larger &c.. (increase) 35, (expand) 194.
Adj. superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding &c. v.;great &c. 31;
distinguished, ultra; vaulting; more than a match for.
supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning;
first-rate &c. (important) 642, (excellent) 648; unrivaled peerless,
matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned,
unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative,
inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel,
nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison;
culminating &c. (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste
que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope
increased &c. (added to) 35; enlarged &c. (expanded) 194.
Adv. beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par;
upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its
height.
[in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously,
preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all,
of all things, the most, to crown all, , par excellence,
principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea,
still more.

Phr. " I shall not look upon his like again " [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus
addesse [Tacitus].

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#34. Inferiority. -- N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy;
shortcoming, deficiency; minimum; smallness &c. 32; imperfection; lower
quality, lower worth.
[personal inferiority] commonalty &c. 876.
V. be inferior &c. adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not
come up to; want.
become smaller, render smaller &c. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195; hide
its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second
fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat.
Adj. inferior, smaller; small &c. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient,
minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate &c.. (imperfect) 651; sub,
subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting;
not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to.
least, smallest &c. (see little, small &c. 193); lowest.
diminished &c. (decreased) 36; reduced &c. (contracted) 195;
unimportant &c. 643.
Adv. less; under the mark, below the mark,below par; at the bottom of the
scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under.

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