Definitions for: Equalize


[v] make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
[v] compensate; make the score equal



Webster (1913) Definition: E"qual*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]
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.

Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalise, equate, get even, match

See Also: alter, change, draw, hit, homogenise, homogenize, homologise, homologize, rack up, score, tally, tie

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