Analogise
to make use of in reasoning, argument, etc.
to be ; show .
to make ; show an between:
to -n-logize a dog to a cat.
verb
(intransitive) to make use of -n-logy, as in argument; draw comparisons
(transitive) to make -n-logous or reveal -n-logy in
v.
“explain by -n-logy,” 1650s, from french -n-logiser (17c.) or directly from greek -n-logizesthai “to reckon, sum up,” from -n-logia (see -n-logy). related: -n-logized; -n-logizing.
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