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English Dictionary: equalize	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equalize v compensate; make the score equal [syn: equalize, equalise, get even] 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" Synonym(s): equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equalize \E"qualize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equalizing}.] [Cf. F. [82]galiser.] 1. 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. --Whately. 2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. --Orrery. 3. 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.