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English Dictionary: adequate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adequate adj having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task" Synonym(s): adequate, equal Antonym(s): inadequate, unequal sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" Synonym(s): adequate, decent, enough about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" Synonym(s): adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adequate \Ad"equate\, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See {Equal}.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate* to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. --De Quincey. Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adequate \Ad"equate\, v. t. [See {Adequate}, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby. 2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate* God in his eternity. --Shelford.