Obs. [ad. L. æquiparāt-us, pa. pple. of æquiparāre: see EQUIPARABLE.] Of equal weight or importance; equivalent. Const. to.
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1654. H. LEstrange, Chas. I. (1655), 63. At length the King interposeth his desire, and Princes desires are equiparate to commands. Ibid., 113. [Certain reprisals were] Some satisfaction, but, though almost two for one, not equiparate to the merit of that nations cruelty.