Equalize
Equalize , transitive verb
[Compare French égaliser.]
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.
No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
2.
To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.
3.
To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obsolete]
It could not equalize the hundredth part
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.
Collocations (1)
Equalizing bar (Railroad Machinery) , a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.