† compaˈrition Obs. rare.
[a. OF. comparition (mod.F. comparution), corresp. to L. type *compāritiōn-em, f. compārēre to appear: cf. compear.]
An appearance, esp. before a tribunal, etc.
| 1611 Cotgr., Comparition, a comparition: an apparance, appearing, or representing of himselfe to open view. 1616 Brent Sarpi's Counc. Trent (1676) 109 Don Diego, after his first comparition, had never spoken so much as one word. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxix. 325 Summonings, Comparitions, Appearances. |