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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Equalize \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: equalized adj : caused to be equal [syn: {equalised}]
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