Equalize /(?)/

E·qual·ize

Equalize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing

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

Phrases & Compounds
Equalizing bar
a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.