Hypertext Webster Gateway: "equalize"

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

Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equalized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Equalizing}.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]
1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in
amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts,
burdens, or taxes.

One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty
and the low. --Wordsworth.

No system of instruction will completely equalize
natural powers. --Whately.

2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly
prefer to the Iliad. --Orrery.

3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.]

It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her
eyes have kindled in my heart. --Waller.

{Equalizing bar} (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two
axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive,
to equalize the pressure on the axles.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

equalize
v 1: compensate; make the score equal [syn: {equalise}, {get even}]
2: make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's
equalize the duties among all employees in this office";
"The company matched the discount policy of its
competitors" [syn: {equal}, {match}, {equalise}, {equate}]


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