in a general sense, is the laying two things together, in order to discover their agreement or disagreement.

in geometry, is used either for division, for applying one quantity to another, whose areas, but not figures, shall be the same; or, for transferring a given line into a circle, or other figure, so that its ends shall be in the perimeter of the figure.

among divines, a term used to signify the same as imputation. See IMPUTATION.