æquip a rate

[Lat. æquiparo = to put on a level: æquus level, flat paro = to make equal; par equal.] To level (to the ground), to raze. "Th' emperiall citie, cause of all this woe, King Latine's throne, this day i'le ruinate, And houses tops to th' ground equiparate." Vicars: Virgil (1632). [Lat. æquor = the sea.] A æ-quor-ě-a, s. genus of Medusas, the typical one of the family Æquoride. Example: Æ . cyanea.