equalizev.
/ˈiːkwəlʌɪz/, /ˈiːkwl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈikwəˌlaɪz/ I. To equal, match.† 1. transitive. To be or become equal to; to come up to, match, rival; = equal v. 3. Obsolete.† 2. To reciprocate in equal degree; = equal v. 4b. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival
matchc1400
to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412
equalize15..
mate1509
touch1530
to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555
equal1590
egall1591
countermatch1600
to weigh with (also even with)1600
emulate1602
side1605
compeer1608
pair1619
mount1628
amate1642
to hold weight witha1643
to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712
peel1726
to hold the sticks toa1817
to bear or stand comparison with1845
see1861
tie1888
15.. Hist. Tom Thumb 136 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 239 Sir Tom Thomb, for thy fame, None can thee equalize.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll7 But a third kingdom..Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise.
1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iv. i. 169 The Scythians..Do equalize the grass in multitude.
1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 19 In all seauen, equalizing the number of the Planets.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 53 The order and scituation of this Fort and Fabricke, equalizing if not preceding any other in Persia.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 80 Fur..ought to have a greater Substance to equallize the strength of Oak.
1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 68 The Elegancy and Nobleness of their Style, which never any Philosopher could equalize.
1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 346 For by affecting to equalize a superior wealth, they are apt to make their own Figure too large.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 326 A spot equalized by few in picturesque and magnificent scenery.
1826 T. I. Wharton in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania I. 112 His great house, that equalizes (if not exceeds) any I have ever seen.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (transitive)] > reciprocate
countervail1583
repay?1586
equalize1598
respond1600
equal1697
mutualize1812
1598 J. Marston Metamorph. Pigmalions Image xxiv. 12 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. Obsolete. Also (rarely), to regard as contemporary with (cf. equal n. 1c). Const. to, with.† 6. To level, bring to one level. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > equate in value
evenOE
parifyc1487
value1560
equalize1599
equal1607
impale1647
equiparate1671
analogize1801
equate1840
par1878
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered vii. 22 There be that equalize some of them with S. Paul his time.
1621 R. Johnson Way to Glory 16 Doest [thou] ..equalize them [my writings] with the text of the canonicall Scriptures?
1664 H. More Antidote Idolatry v. 65 The Virgin..they do at least equallize to Christ.
1751 Earl of Orrery 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.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)]
evenOE
peerc1480
parifyc1487
fellow?a1513
equate1530
coequal1588
adequate1593
equal1594
parallela1616
parallelize1620
equalize1622
coequalize1634
appariate1652
coextend1656
equalify1679
square1815
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 57 Equalizing the said Custome of Cloth, with the Custome of Wooll.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 136 Intending to equalize it [sc. Babel] with the Starres.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 301 Notwithstanding to equalize accounts, we will allow three hundred yeares. View more context for this quotation
1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 27/1 To show the propriety of equalizing the revenues of Bishops.
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 88 Their temperatures..must be always changing, and always tending to be equalised.
1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 58 The emoluments of peace and war were, therefore, equalized by attaching a fixed salary to the office.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 39 The despotism that would equalise property arbitrarily.
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §43 Thus to equalize the distances.
b. absol. To make the score (in Football, etc.) equal to that of the opponent.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > make points > raise score to that of opponent
equalize1925
1925 S. J. Southerton in Marshall & Tosswill Football (rev. ed.) xviii. 318 Soon after half-time Millington should have equalised from a penalty kick.
1937 Times 15 Feb. 7/3 The South were not long in equalizing.
5. To make equal in condition, dignity, power, or character.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > make equal or put on a par or level
peisea1425
to level (a person or thing) with (now rare), to, unto1603
equalize1634
level1815
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 102 That they would not equallize him in the manner of his death, to abiect Dogs.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 72 Those who attempt to level, never equalize . View more context for this quotation
1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) xxx. 266 A young woman of fashion..equalising herself with a creature depending on his wits for support.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 166 Office of itself does much to equalise politicians.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 164 The invention of gunpowder equalised all men on the field of battle.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)]
evenlOE
slighta1300
planec1350
complanec1420
levelc1450
dismount1563
planish1580
equalize1596
equal1610
to even out1613
flat1613
flattena1631
complanate1643
platten1688
reconcile1712
range1825
macadamize1826
lay1892
plata1903
the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] > bring to one level
level1563
equalize1596
equal1610
equiparate1632
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N8 These towring rocks..I will..Equalize againe. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 11 The Gothes..subuerted their pallaces, equalizing the walles with the ground.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 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.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > bring or reduce to uniformity [verb (transitive)]
dismark1632
homogeneate1652
uniformc1681
monotonize1803
uniformalize1805
equalize1822
uniformize1866
homogenize1886
sausage1922
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 452 Fly wheels are employed to equalize the motion of a machine.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 189 Contrivances for equalizing the action in Mr. Watt's patent of 1782.
1878 A. K. 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).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxix. 692 Equalizing the scarcity of one region by the plenty of another.
c. Electr. transitive. To correct or modify (a signal or frequency response) by the use of an equalizer. Also intransitive, to provide compensation (in the shape of an equalizer) for.
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1928 G. E. Sterling & R. S. Kruse Radio Man. xi. 385 These circuits are good for equalizing frequencies up to 3000 and 5000 cycles respectively.
1943 F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. iii. 244 For most purposes it is sufficient to equalize only for attenuation.
1958 Van 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.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 80 When the high frequency losses are progressive, measures may be taken to equalize for them.
8. intransitive. To become equal.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)]
evenOE
peerc1400
aperea1450
apparagea1450
likea1450
to make odds evena1616
sharea1616
twin1626
size1639
equalize1906
1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 427 The temperature in the outer and inner layers had equalized to a large extent.
1971 M. G. Scroggie Found. Wireless & Electronics (ed. 8) xix. 324 These pressures tend to equalize.
Derivatives
ˈequalized adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > making equal > made equal
coequated1592
coequate1624
equalized1844
1844 W. Upton Physioglyphics 115 Equalized energy.
ˈequalizing n. also attributive and as adj.
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1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 450 He hath not shown us..one equalizing word of this power to counterpoise the many particularizing terms objected by us.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 81 This equallizing of strength must be referred to the Judgment of the Operator.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 257 The utter subversion of your equalising principle. View more context for this quotation
1844 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 196 He talked of the national character of the French, and their equalizing methods of education.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. 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.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) i. iv. 22 The equalizing influence of the outside world.
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