Definition of Adeqoate
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and pysically sufficient.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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