E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
To
(1) (to rhyme with do). To be compared to; comparable to. Thus, Sir Thomas Browne (Religio Medici) says: “There is no torture to the rack of a disease” (p. 69, 20); and again, “No reproach to the scandal of a story.” And Shakespeare says:—
