Verb (used with object) : to analogize a dog to a cat. From Dictionary.com.
Putting on my Secret Maureen Dowd Decoder Ring, I can also analogise this campaign into Waughian terms. From Wordnik.com. [Obama "had yet to learn to be laught at" and sometimes "a deeper shade of hauteur... overspread his features."] Reference
• The attempt by some commentators to analogise recent events in Egypt and Tunisia with Polish Solidarity is misstated. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: After the fall of Mubarak, what next for Egypt?] Reference
Throughout his speech, Mr Griffin sought to analogise Choruss with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, the three US-based collective licensing organisations. From Wordnik.com. [Warner Music’s Choruss, revisited] Reference
If you must analogise (always a dangerous activity), a better example would be an omnivore who is told he must either choose meat or veg to remain within the societal pale. From Wordnik.com. [Shorter Mona Charen] Reference
Secondly, one has to ask why you and many other nationalists cannot analogise in the way I have suggested, given that for most of the masses true affinity was to locality rather than nation. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody's A Nationalist] Reference
To analogise to the corporate context, some people are talking about what the CEO has to do with his employees (like the President and his administration), and some people are talking about advertising (the "bully pulpit"). From Wordnik.com. [Obama "is not a messiah and does not act or speak like one. He's a traditionalist in many ways."] Reference
To roughly analogise, imagine that you're viewing a webpage and reading it out to someone over the phone. From Wordnik.com. [SitePoint » News & Trends] Reference
I then have to analogise, like, if we are in a play area or shopping for clothes, and my daughter wants to know how long she has before we go home, she knows how to ask me. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Admittedly, it's quite a stretch to analogise immigration by time travellers with the present economic crisis, however the defence mechanism of the South Park residents is not so different to the "us and them" mentality that has begun, ever so slightly, to manifest in Australia as unemployment rises and the crisis deepens. From Wordnik.com. [On Line Opinion - Latest Articles] Reference
Similarly, if you analogise this with the military, if we as MOP’s are happy enough to pay to arm and train soldiers to deal with military situations, when one of those situations comes about, I’m more than happy to accept the judgements of those who have been paid and trained to deal with it. From Wordnik.com. [Good For The Goose « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
"analogise, analogise .." .. i think Thoreau said that .. or maybe it was me;) and of course it's also wise to realise that one's own brain is subject to this phenomenon and strive to allow for that when having one's own sacred cows profaned before burning the heretic. From Wordnik.com. [Homeland Stupidity] Reference
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