Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — 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. [Obsolete]
It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. — Waller
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.