Equivalate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Equivalate is a verb meaning (transitive) To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).
Meaning
(transitive) To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To equal, to be equivalent (to).
Example Sentences
Visceral values, which I equivalate with colour values, are closely related to thermal or temperature values.
I want, however, to stress one further fact: because syncategoremata may be construed with whole sentences, the suspicion arises that they may somehow equivalate whole sentences.
"The Chinese are much addicted to the doctrine of signatures," writes one author, which creates relationships on visual physical grounds (such as equivalating the seed-laden pomegranate with fertility).
In a riveting analysis of this very phenomenon, The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner discusses at length the notion that human relationships equivalate to a "dance" where each partner learns the steps and sticks to the script, […]
Word Forms
- equivalates
- equivalating
- equivalated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include equate, equivalent, equivalise, equivalize, equivalence, equivale.
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