equate

Definitions


[ɪˈkweɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another
(e.g: customers equate their name with quality)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make equal, balance’): from Latin aequat- ‘made level or equal’, from the verb aequare, from aequus (see equal). Current senses date from the mid 19th century




definition by Oxford Dictionaries