2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose voice an equal messenger
Conveyed thy meaning mild. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. “An equal temper.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are not my ways equal? Ezek. xviii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.

Syn. -- Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being equal; equality. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an equivalent counterbalancing weight.
Syn. -- counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confessional equality. See under Confessional. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

One poor moment can suffice
To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It could not equalize the hundredth part
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]