Equalize

Definition of Equalize

E´qual`ize
v. t.1.To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.
[imp. & p. p. Equalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing .]
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.
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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