Equalized

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              One poor moment can suffice
              To equalize the lofty and the low.    --Wordsworth.
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              No system of instruction will completely equalize
              natural powers.                       --Whately.
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     2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
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              Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly
              prefer to the Iliad.                  --Orrery.
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     3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.]
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              It could not equalize the hundredth part
              Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. --Waller.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equalized
       adj : caused to be equal [syn: {equalised}]