"comparisoun" meaning in Middle English

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    {
      "ipa": "/kɔmˌpariˈzuːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔmˈparizun/"
    }
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "comparisoun",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "comparisoun (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "comparisounen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of giving a thing similar or identical value to another; similitude in value."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ],
        [
          "identical",
          "identical"
        ],
        [
          "similitude",
          "similitude"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Similitude, relation; the state of being similar."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Similitude",
          "similitude"
        ],
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(more generally) Similitude, relation; the state of being similar."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Comparison; the state of comparing or measuring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Comparison",
          "comparison"
        ],
        [
          "compar",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "measur",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A figure of speech relying on comparison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "figure of speech",
          "figure of speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) A figure of speech relying on comparison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Grammatical comparison (of adjectives and adverbs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) Grammatical comparison (of adjectives and adverbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A distinction; the state of having a distinct feature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ],
        [
          "distinct",
          "distinct"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A distinction; the state of having a distinct feature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔmˌpariˈzuːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔmˈparizun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "comparisoun"
}