EQUIPOLLENCY
EQUIPOL'LENCY, n. [L. oequus and pollentia, power, polleo, to be able.]1. Equality of power or force.2. In logic, an equivalence between two or more propositions; that is, when ...
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EQUIPOLLENT
EQUIPOL'LENT, adjective [supra.] Having equal power or force; equivalent. In logic, having equivalent signification.
EQUIPONDERANCE
EQUIPON'DERANCE, noun [Latin oequus, equal, and pondus, weight.]Equality of weight; equipoise.
EQUIPONDERANT
EQUIPON'DERANT, adjective [supra.] Being of the same weight.
EQUIPONDERATE
EQUIPON'DERATE, verb intransitive [Latin oequus, equal, and pondero, to weigh.]To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.
EQUIPONDIOUS
EQUIPON'DIOUS, adjective Having equal weight on both sides.
EQUIPPED
EQUIP'PED, participle passive Furnished with habiliments, arms, and whatever is necessary for a military expedition, or for a voyage or cruise.
EQUIPPING
EQUIP'PING, participle present tense Furnishing with habiliments or warlike apparatus; supplying with things necessary for a voyage.
EQUISONANCE
EQUISO'NANCE, noun An equal sounding; a name by which the Greeks distinguished the consonances of the octave and double octave.
EQUITABLE
EQ'UITABLE, noun [Latin oequitas, from oequus, equal.]1. Equal in regard to the rights of persons; distributing equal justice; giving each his due; assigning to one or more what...
EQUITABLENESS
EQ'UITABLENESS, noun The quality of being just and impartial; as the equitableness of a judge.1. Equity; the state of doing justice, or distributing to each according to his leg...
EQUITABLY
EQ'UITABLY, adverb In an equitable manner; justly; impartially. The laws should be equitably administered.
EQUITANT
EQ'UITANT, adjective [Latin equitans, equito, to ride, from eques, a horseman, or equus, a horse.]In botany, riding, as equitant leaves: a term of leafing or foliation, when two...
EQUITATION
EQUITA'TION, noun A riding on horseback.
EQUITY
EQ'UITY, noun [Latin oequitas, from oequus, equal, even, level.]1. Justice; right. In practice, equity is the impartial distribution of justice, or the doing that to another whi...
EQUIVALENCE
EQUIV'ALENCE, noun [Latin oequus, equal, and valens, from valeo, to be worth.]1. Equality of value; equal value or worth. Take the goods and give an equivalence in corn.2. Equal...
EQUIVALENT
EQUIV'ALENT, adjective Equal in value or worth. In barter, the goods given are supposed to be equivalent to the goods received. equivalent in value or worth, is tautological.1. ...
EQUIVALENTLY
EQUIV'ALENTLY, adverb In an equal manner.
EQUIVOCACY
EQUIV'OCACY, noun Equivocalness. [Not used.]
EQUIVOCAL
EQUIV'OCAL, adjective [Low Latin oequivocus; oequus, equal, and vox, a word. See Vocal.]1. Being of doubtful signification; that may be understood in different senses; capable o...
EQUIVOCALLY
EQUIV'OCALLY, adverb Ambiguously; in a doubtful sense; in terms susceptible of different senses. He answered the question equivocally1. By uncertain birth; by equivocal generation.
EQUIVOCALNESS
EQUIV'OCALNESS, noun Ambiguity; double meaning.
EQUIVOCATE
EQUIV'OCATE, verb intransitive To use words of a doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses; to use ambiguous expressions. To equ...
EQUIVOCATING
EQUIV'OCATING, participle present tense Using ambiguous words or phrases.
EQUIVOCATION
EQUIVOCA'TION, noun Ambiguity of speech; the use of words or expressions that are susceptible of a double signification. Hypocrites are often guilty of equivocation and by this ...
EQUIVOCATOR
EQUIV'OCATOR, noun One who equivocates; one who uses language which is ambiguous and may be interpreted in different ways; one who uses mental reservation.
EQUIVOKE
E'QUIVOKE, noun An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.1. Equivocation.