2 entries under this word

Adequate

Ăd'e-quāte, a.

adjective

[Lat. adæquatus, p. p. of adæquare, to make equal to, from ad and æquare, to make equal, æquus, even, equal.] Equal, proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, In those days Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. Syn. — Equal; proportionate; sufficient; enough; commensurate.

Ăd'e-quāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To resemble exactly. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.