equating

e·quate  (-kwt)

v. e·quat·ed, e·quat·ing, e·quates

v.tr.

1. To make equal or equivalent.

2. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.

3. To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent: equates inexperience with youth.

v.intr.

To be or seem to be equal; correspond.

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[Middle English equaten, from Latin aequre, aequt-, from aequus, even, equal.]

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Noun

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equating - the act of regarding as equal equation equalisation, equalization, leveling - the act of making equal or uniform