The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equaledor Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling.]
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To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen?urate with.
On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety.
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To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love.
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To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.
He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible.
--Berkeley.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of equal English)
Usage examples of "equaling".
Incredible as it seems, the perimeter of the pyramid comes within 20 feet of equaling the diameter of the Earth, when our planet's dimensions are scaled down to a ratio equaling 1:43,200, numbers representing our mathematical code of precession.
The adherents of each entertainment, though perhaps equaling one another in their fanaticism, tend not to be the same men.
Aurora accepts 30 of its days as equaling a month and io months as equaling a metric year.