Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.]
   1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the
      same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to
      be commen?urate with.

            On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak.

   2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

            Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her
            love.                                 --Dryden.

   3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
      or regard as equals; to put on equality.

            He would not equal the mind that he found in himself
            to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley.