Obs. [ad. L. æquāt-us, pa. pple. of æquā-re (see prec.).] Equivalent to the later EQUATED. a. Astrol. b. Made level, levelled.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. vi. In houre chosen equat for the nones.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, I. (1822), 39. At last, baith thir pepill war brocht undir ane communite to leif in Rome, and the ciete Alba equate … to the ground. Ibid. (1536), Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 161. Nevir to sever fra this town, quhill the wallis thairof wer equate to the ground.
