cf.

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1. cf. - Verb

2. cf. - Adverb

Meaning

compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

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Missile: A self-contained device which delivers high explosives from the air, condemned because of its effects upon women, children, the aged, the sick, and other non-combatants, unless these happen to have resided in Saigon, Da Nang, Hué, etc. Cf. bombing. Poul Anderson

How small a thing outlives a man. Cf. the Scottish: It is a small thing that does not outlive a man. Irish Proverb

A number of lead bullets used by slingers have been found in and around the city. cf. Corpus Inscr. Source: Internet

As to this, we gather some light from the poetic tribute composed by Pope Damasus I in memory of his predecessor and placed over his grave (De Rossi, "Inscr. christ. urbis Romæ", II, 62, 103, 138; cf. Idem, "Roma sotterranea", II, 204–5). Source: Internet

As the concept of the poet laureate has spread, the term "laureate" has come in English to signify recognition for preeminence or superlative achievement ( cf. Nobel laureate ). Source: Internet

Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 57; cf. Marcus Aurelius, 270 n.9, with notes on the translation. Source: Internet

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