Meaning of EQUALIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eekwu`lIz
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | equal, equalise, equalise, equate, get even, match |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, draw, hit, homogenise, homogenize, homologise, homologize, rack up, score, tally, tie | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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