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Webster 1913 Edition


Equalize

E′qual-ize

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Equalize

E'QUALIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make equal; as, to equalize accounts; to equalize burdens or taxes.