ADEQUATE

AD'EQUATE, adjective Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the object; we have no adequate ideas of infinite power.Adequate ideas, are such as exactly represent their object.AD'EQUATE, verb transitive To resemble exactly. [Not used.]

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adequate. Adequate, a. sufficient, equal, even, just

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Ad″e‐quate (�), a. [[L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal.]] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. Syn. — Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.