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 commenurate 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. Equalitarian
(E*qual`i*ta"ri*an) n. One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.
Equality
(E*qual"i*ty) n.; pl. Equalities [L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.]
1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk,
value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
A footing of equality with nobles.
Macaulay. 2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; — denoted
by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure
that x does.
Confessional equality. See under Confessional.
Equalization
(E`qual*i*za"tion) n. The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects.
Burke. Equalize
(E"qual*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing ] [Cf. F. égaliser.]
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.
Equalizer
(E"qual*i`zer) n. One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
