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Equalled

Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equaledor Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling.]

  1. 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.
    --Shak.

  2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

    Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love.
    --Dryden.

  3. 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
equalled
  1. matched; found comparable. v

  2. (context British English) (en-past of: equal)

WordNet
equal
  1. n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group [syn: peer, match, compeer]

  2. [also: equalling, equalled]

equal
  1. adj. well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" [ant: unequal]

  2. equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number" [syn: like, equivalent, same] [ant: unlike]

  3. [also: equalling, equalled]

equal
  1. v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: be] [ant: differ]

  2. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" [syn: touch, rival, match]

  3. 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" [syn: match, equalize, equalise, equate]

  4. [also: equalling, equalled]

equalled

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Usage examples of "equalled".

If the prosecution of the war has in expenses already equalled the better half of the country, how long its future prosecution will be in equalling the less valuable half is not a speculative, but a practical, question, pressing closely upon us.

The jurisdiction of that province extended over the ancient monarchies of Troy, Lydia, and Phrygia, the maritime countries of the Pamphylians, Lycians, and Carians, and the Grecian colonies of Ionia, which equalled in arts, though not in arms, the glory of their parent.

Not a vestige remains of the temple of Emesa, which was equalled in poetic style to the summits of Mount Libanus, while the ruins of Baalbec, invisible to the writers of antiquity, excite the curiosity and wonder of the European traveller.

Moors and Parthians, who taught him to dart the javelin and to shoot with the bow, found a disciple who delighted in his application, and soon equalled the most skilful of his instructors in the steadiness of the eye and the dexterity of the hand.

The ploughman became a foot soldier, the shepherd mounted on horseback, the deserted villages and open towns were abandoned to the flames, and the ravages of the peasants equalled those of the fiercest barbarians.

Dioceses, each of which equalled the just measure of a powerful kingdom.

The chiefs and the soldiers were animated by the virtue of their ancestors, whom they equalled in discipline and the arts of war.

Instead of contenting himself with a moderate contribution, and a military title, which equalled him only to the generals of Theodosius, Attila would proceed to impose a disgraceful and intolerable yoke on the necks of the prostrate and captive Romans, who would then be encompassed, on all sides, by the empire of the Huns.

Attila equalled the hostile ravages of Tamerlane, either the Tartar or the Hun might deserve the epithet of the Scourge of God.

Under circumstances much less favorable, Majorian equalled the spirit and perseverance of the ancient Romans.

The popular dissensions, founded on the most serious interest, or holy pretence, have scarcely equalled the obstinacy of this wanton discord, which invaded the peace of families, divided friends and brothers, and tempted the female sex, though seldom seen in the circus, to espouse the inclinations of their lovers, or to contradict the wishes of their husbands.

By these virtues, he equalled or excelled the ancient masters of the military art.

Greek colonies, the opulence and power of Sicily alone might have equalled the widest scope that could be acquired and desolated by the sword of war.

For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr.

The torments this thought gave him were to be equalled only by a piece of news which fortune had yet in store for him, and which we shall communicate in the second chapter of the ensuing book.