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Webster 1913 Edition
Adequate
Ad′e-quate
,Adj.
[L.
adaequatus
, p. p. of adaequare
to make equal to; ad
+ aequare
to make equal, aequus
equal. See Equal
.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient;
as, powers
adequate
to a great work; an adequate
definition.Ireland had no
adequate
champion. De Quincey.
Syn. – Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
1.
To equalize; to make adequate.
[R.]
Fotherby.
2.
To equal.
[Obs.]
It [is] an impossibility for any creature to
adequate
God in his eternity. Shelford.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adequate
AD'EQUATE
,Adj.
Adequate ideas, are such as exactly represent their object.
AD'EQUATE
,Verb.
T.