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

n. 1. One who, or that which, equalizes anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. same as Equalizing bar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Elec.) Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. (Aëronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. (Electronics) a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system. [ PJC ]

7. a gun. [ slang ] [ PJC ]