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equalize, v.|ˈiːkwəlaɪz|
Also 7–8 equallize, (7 egalise).
[f. equal + -ize. Cf. Fr. égaliser.]
I. To equal, match.
†1. trans. To be or become equal to; to come up to, match, rival; = equal v. 3. Obs.
15..Tom Thumb 136 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 239 Sir Tom Thomb, for thy fame, None can thee equalize. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. ix. 44 But a third kingdom..Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise. 1595Locrine iv. i. 169 The Scythians..Do equalize the grass in multitude. 1626L. Owen Spec. Jesuit. (1629) 19 In all seauen, equalizing the number of the Planets. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 53 The order and scituation of this Fort and Fabricke, equalizing if not preceding any other in Persia. 1701tr. Le Clerc's Prim. Fathers 68 The Elegancy and Nobleness of their Style which never any Philosopher could equalize. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 84 Fur..ought to have a greater Substance to equallize the strength of Oak. 1725Collier Disc. Pract. Subj. 346 For by affecting to equalize a superior wealth, they are apt to make their own Figure too large. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. 326 A spot equalized by few in picturesque and magnificent scenery. 1826T. J. Wharton in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. I. 112 His great house, that equalizes (if not exceeds) any I have ever seen.
†2. To reciprocate in equal degree; = equal 4 b. Obs.
1598Marston Pygmal. xxiv, Instill into her some celestiall fire That she may equalize affection.
II. To make equal.
†3. To regard, represent, or treat as equal; to place on an equality. Obs. Also (rarely), to regard as contemporary with (cf. equal B. 1 c). Const. to, with.
1599Broughton's Lett. vii. 22 There be that equalize some of them with S. Paul his time. 1621R. Johnson Way to Glory 16 Doest [thou] ..equalize them [my writings] with the text of the canonicall Scriptures? 1664H. More Antid. Idolatry v. 65 The Virgin..they do at least equallize to Christ. 1751Orrery Remarks Swift xxii. (R.), The..Poem..which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad, is void of those fetters [rhyme].
4. a. To make equal in magnitude, number, degree of intensity, etc. Const. to, with.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 57 Equalizing the said Custome of Cloth, with the Custome of Wooll. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 136 Intending to equalize it [Babel] with the Starres. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. vi. 301 Notwithstanding to equalize accounts, we will allow three hundred yeares. 1791Boswell Johnson 2 June an. 1781 note, To show the propriety of equalising the revenues of bishops. 1794J. Hutton Philos. Heat, &c. 88 Their temperatures..must be always changing, and always tending to be equalised. 1825Bentham Ration. Rew. 58 The emoluments of peace and war were, therefore, equalized by attaching a fixed salary to the office. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 39 The despotism that would equalise property arbitrarily. 1871B. Stewart Heat §43 Thus to equalize the distances.
b. absol. To make the score (in Football, etc.) equal to that of the opponent.
1925S. J. Southerton in Marshall & Tosswill Football (rev. ed.) xviii. 318 Soon after half-time Millington should have equalised from a penalty kick. 1937Times 15 Feb. 7/3 The South were not long in equalizing.
5. To make equal in condition, dignity, power, or character.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 102 That they would not equallize him, in the manner of his death, to abject dogs. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 72 Those who attempt to level, never equalize. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus xxx. (1831) 266 A young woman of fashion..equalising herself with a creature depending on his wits for support. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 166 Office of itself does much to equalise politicians. a1862Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 164 The invention of gunpowder equalised all men on the field of battle.
†6. To level, bring to one level. Obs.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 38 These towring rocks..I will..equalize againe. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 11 The Gothes..subuerted their pallaces, equalizing the walles with the ground. 1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 64 All alike eaven, as corn cut down and eqalised [sic] by the harvest mans hand.
7. a. To render (a movement, process, or condition) uniform.
1822J. Imison Sc. & Art (ed. Webster) I. 452 Fly wheels are employed to equalize the motion of a machine. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 189 Contrivances for equalizing the action in Mr. Watt's patent of 1782. 1878K. Johnston Africa ii. 26 The rich forest lands of the Atlas slopes, which equalise the temperature.
b. To bring to an average level, compensate (an inequality).
1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxix. 692 Equalizing the scarcity of one region by the plenty of another.
c. Electr. trans. To correct or modify (a signal or frequency response) by the use of an equalizer. Also intr., to provide compensation (in the shape of an equalizer) for.
1928Sterling & Kruse Radio Man. xi. 385 These circuits are good for equalizing frequencies up to 3000 and 5000 cycles respectively. 1943F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. iii. 244 For most purposes it is sufficient to equalize only for attenuation. 1958Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. 606/1 The equalizer shows a frequency response which is the inverse of the system it is intended to equalize so the result..is to restore the overall response to a flat characteristic. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 80 When the high frequency losses are progressive, measures may be taken to equalize for them.
8. intr. To become equal.
1906Amer. Naturalist June 427 The temperature in the outer and inner layers had equalized to a large extent. 1971M. G. Scroggie Found. Wireless & Electronics xix. 324 These pressures tend to equalize.
Hence ˈequalized ppl. a., ˈequalizing vbl. n. (also attrib.) and ppl. a.
1657S. W. Schism Dispatch't 450 He hath not shown us..one equalizing word of this power to counterpoise the many particularizing terms objected by us. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 85 This equallizing of strength must be referred to the Judgment of the Operator. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 257 The utter subversion of your equalising principle. 1844Upton Physioglyphics 115 Equalized energy. 1844C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 196 He talked of the national character of the French, and their equalizing methods of education. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. Equalizing-saw, a pair of saws on a mandrel at a gaged distance apart, and used for squaring off the ends of boards and bringing them to dimensions. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life i. iv. 22 The equalizing influence of the outside world. |