Ad"e*quate (&?;), v. t. [See Adequate, a.]
1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.]
Fotherby.
2. To equal. [Obs.]
It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.
Shelford.
Ad"e*quate (&?;), 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.
Ireland had no adequate champion.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Proportionate;
commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
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