Adequate

Ad"e*quate (?), v. t. [See Adequate, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] Fotherby.

2. To equal. [Obs.]

It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.
Shelford.

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.