intransitive verb. To make equal or equivalent.

intransitive verb. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.

intransitive verb. To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent.

intransitive verb. To be or seem to be equal; correspond.

intransitive verb. To result in.

In entomology, smooth, as a surface; having no special elevations or depressions. Also equal.

To make equal or equivalent; regard or treat as equal.

To reduce to an average; make such correction or allowance in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison, or will bring to a true result: as, to equate observations in astronomy.

To be equal or equivalent to; equal.

To join by the sign of equality.

In the preparation of the running schedules for trains, to make an allowance of an imaginary increase in length of line, on account of and as an equivalent of the retardation due to curves.

transitive verb. To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion

transitive verb. adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.

transitive verb. adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.

verb. To consider equal, to state as being equivalent.

verb. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

verb. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

verb. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous