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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adequate

/ăd'-ək-wət/ · Ad·e·quate · IPA /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/
01 a. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To equalize; to make adequate.
  1. 1.
    To equalize; to make adequate.[R.]
  2. 2.
    To equal.[Obs.]
    “It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.” — Shelford.