I.to make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level (rare but in good prose).
I. Prop.: “aream,” Cato, R. R. 91 and 129: “montes,” Sall. C. 20, 11: “pastinatum,” Col. 3, 16, 1: “sulcum,” id. 11, 3, 48: “glaebas,” id. 2, 17, 4; cf. Pall. 1, 13 fin.—
II. Trop.
A. To make equal in worth, dignity, power, etc., to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize: ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, * Cic. Verr 2, 3, 41, § 95: “gratiam omnium,” Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 11, 3: “coaequati dignitate, pecuniā, virtute, etc.,” id. ib. 2: “primogenito tuo,” Vulg. Sir. 36, 14: “pedes meos cervis,” id. 2 Reg. 22, 34.—
