n. [ Sp. ] A canal or trench for irrigating land. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Adequate. ] The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Adequate, a. ] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [ R. ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To equal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ is ] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adequate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adaequatio. ] The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bequeathed p. pr. & vb. n. Bequeathing. ] [ OE. biquethen, AS. becweðan to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cweðan to say, speak. See Quoth. ] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hand down; to transmit. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give; to offer; to commit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom, with all submission, on my knee
I do bequeath my faithful services
And true subjection everlastingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Bequeath, Devise. Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being bequeathed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becweðan to bequeath. The ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See Bequeath, Quest. ] 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [ Obs. ] “All I have to bequest.” Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

old p. p. of Bequeath. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To quote constantly or with great frequency. [ 1913 Webster ]

A watch-guard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Check. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. Same as Checker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coin. See Sequin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Her.) Same as Checky. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal. ] Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n. One who is on an equality with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

In once he come to be a cardinal,
He'll make his cap coequal with the crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With coequality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., consequentia: cf. F. conséquence. See Consequent. ] 1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shun to taste,
And shun the bitter consequence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Link follows link by necessary consequence. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a matter of small consequence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

In consequence, hence; for this cause. --
In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.

Syn. -- Effect; result; end. See Effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Drawing inference. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution. ] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consequent points,
Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. With assumed importance; pompously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being consequential. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Syn. -- See Accordingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. de- + quantitas, -atis. See Quantity. ] To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Apiculture) To remove the queen from (a hive of bees). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable. ] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal. ] 1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being equable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an equable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. &unr_;ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one. ] 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose voice an equal messenger
Conveyed thy meaning mild. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. “An equal temper.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are not my ways equal? Ezek. xviii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.

Syn. -- Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, “If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being equal; equality. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Equaled r Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling. ] 1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen&unr_;urate with. [ 1913 Webster ]

On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. p. p. of equalise; same as equalized. [ British ]
Syn. -- equalized. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Electronics) an electronic circuit which reduces frequency distortion.
Syn. -- equalizer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an equivalent counterbalancing weight.
Syn. -- counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality.
Syn. -- egalitarianism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Equalities [ L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal. ] 1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confessional equality. See under Confessional. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Equalized p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing ] [ Cf. F. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

One poor moment can suffice
To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It could not equalize the hundredth part
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, equalizes anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. same as Equalizing bar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Elec.) Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. (Aëronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. (Electronics) a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system. [ PJC ]

7. a gun. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

adv. In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Equality; evenness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]