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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'Adequate | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, 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]: | |
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Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, 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. | |
