The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]
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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.
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To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.
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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.