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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 taxesOne poor moment can suffice
To
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
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.
equalize
the hundredth partOf 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.