Hypertext Webster Gateway: "equaled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.]
1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the
same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to
be commen?urate with.

On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak.

2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her
love. --Dryden.

3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
or regard as equals; to put on equality.

He would not equal the mind that he found in himself
to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley.


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