'Equalizing' definitions:
Definition of 'Equalizing'
From: GCIDE
- Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]
- 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]
Synonyms of 'equalizing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- adjustment,
- changeable,
- commutable,
- commutative,
- convertible,
- coordination,
- equal,
- equalization,
- equating,
- equation,
- equilibration,
- equivalent,
- even,
- evening,
- evening up,
- exchanged,
- give-and-take,
- integration,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- mutual,
- permutable,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocative,
- retaliatory,
- returnable,
- standard,
- swapped,
- switched,
- traded,
- transposed
Words containing 'Equalizing'
- Equal,
- Equaled,
- Equaling,
- Equalities,
- Equality,
- Equalization,
- Equalize,
- Equalized,
- Equalizer,
- Equalled,
- Equalling,
- Equally,
- Equalness,
- equal to,
- Confessional equality,
- Equal temperament,
- Equality, IL,
- Equalizing bar,
- at an equal rate,
- equal opportunity,
- equal sign,
- equality before the law,
- equality state,
- equalizing dividend,
- Equal decrement of life,
- congress of racial equality,
- equal protection of the laws,
- law of equal areas,
- equal-area projection,
- equal-area map projection