Equivalate

/ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).
2. (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.

"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).

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.

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, […]

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• equivalates
• equivalating
• equivalated

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