To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes
One poor moment can suffice / To equalize the lofty and the low.
2
To be equal to; to equal, to rival.
But a third kingdom yet is to arise / Out of the Trojans scattered ofspring, / That in all glory and great enterprise, / Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise.
polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms
3
To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.
4
To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
5
to precompose with each of a parallel pair of morphisms so as to yield the same composite morphism.
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verb — make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching