equalaqual

Alike. (Scotch.) equal-aqual, v. t. To make equal; to equalize or balance accounts. "I pay debt to other folk, I think they suld pay it to me-that equals - aquals ."-Scott: Heart of Mid-Lothian, ch. viii. equal-sided, a. Bot. The same as EQUAL II. (q. v.). equal-veined, a. Bot. ( of leaves): Having the midrib perfectly formed, and the veins all of equal size. Example: ferns. The term was first introduced by Lindley. ē-qual, v. t . & i. [EQUAL, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To make equal; to raise to or place in a state any side. 106 "To content themselves with an equal share."-Ludlow: Memoirs , ii. 17. "A rival hand recalls from every part Some latent grace, and equals art with art." Broome: To Mr. Pope; On his Works. equaling 2. To rise to a state of equality with; to become equal to. "I know no body so like to equal him, even at the age he wrote most of them, as yourself." -Trumbull: To Pope. 3 To be equal or adequate to. "A light along the sea, so swiftly coming, Its motion by no flight of wing is equalled ." Long fellow: The Celestial Pilot . (Trans.) *4. To recompense fully; to return a full equivalent for. "[She] sought Sichæus through the shady grove, Who answered all her cares, and equalled all her love." Dryden: Virgil ; Æneid , vi. 639, 640. 5. To regard as equals; to compare. *B. In trans.: To be equal, to match. "I think we are a body strong enough, Even as we are, to equal with the king." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., i. 8. e-qual-Ing, ē-qual-ling, pr . par ., a. & 8. [EQUAL, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making equal or equalizing.