† equiparable, a. Obs.
Also 7 æquiparable.
[a. Fr. équiparable, ad. L. æquiparābilis, f. æquiparāre to put on an equality, compare, liken, f. æquipar perfectly alike or equal, f. æquus equal + par.]
Equal in comparison, equivalent.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xiii. §116 The childe or insipient (which are with him æquiparable) drinketh the sweet and delicious words vnaduisedly. 1695 Westmacott Script. Herb. 152 The want of a competent heat, that is lasting and equiparable to the heat of the climate. 1721–66 in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. |