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equivalating

equivalating is the present participle and gerund of equivalate.

Meaning of equivalate

Verb

equivalate (third-person singular simple present equivalates, present participle equivalating, simple past and past participle equivalated)

  1. (transitive) To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).
    • Visceral values, which I equivalate with colour values, are closely related to thermal or temperature values.1979, Bernard Berenson, Aesthetics and history in the visual arts, page 84
  2. (intransitive) To equal, to be equivalent (to).
    • 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.1976, Herman Parret, History of linguistic thought and contemporary linguistics, page 262

Questions about equivalating

What is equivalating the present participle and gerund of?
Equivalating is the present participle and gerund of equivalate.

Words near equivalating in the dictionary

  1. equiv
  2. equiv.
  3. equivalate
  4. equivalated
  5. equivalates
  6. equivalating
  7. equivalation
  8. equivalations
  9. equivale
  10. equivalence
  11. equivalence class

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