aequivalere

aequivalēre 1 to be equivalent to (w. dat.). b (w. acc.). c to be logically equivalent, equipollent. cf. aequiparare. 1285 ut ‥ archiepiscopum Ebor’ ‥ cum cruce erecta in suis ecclesiis non admittant nec ipsius benedictionem recipiant, quam maledictioni ~ere credimus Peckham Ep. 649; 1458 summa hujus expense ijcxxix li., que ~ent oneri remissionum deliberatarum compotanti ExchScot 486. b 1205 litteras domini regis patentes de protectione que ~ent j cartam RChart 108; 1254 duas carettas longas ~entes carettas predictas RGasc I 531; quatinus ‥ terras ‥ nobis assignaret que dictam extentam ville ‥ ~erent Meaux II 188. c a1250 ~ent ‘omnis’, ‘nullus non’, ‘non aliquis non’ (W. Shirwood) GLA III 13; ~ent apud me ~Deus non est nunc’ et ‘Deus non est pro mensura presenti’ (Kyn.) Ziz. 23. 2 (pr. ppl.) equivalent, of equal value. b corresponding. c logically equivalent, of like significance. d (as sb. n. w. in) in effect. pro duabus ecclesiis ~entibus Gir. Symb. 22 p. 263; 1213 ut in ~enti beneficio vel uberius vobis provideamus Pat 105b; 1259 in ~enti statu vel in meliori Reg. S. Thom. Dublin no. 211; integram et ~entem ‥ piscis ‥ porcionem Cust. Westm. 73; 1291 ~ens escambium RParl I 68a; a1350 caligas aut anulos vel quid aliud ~ens StatOx 28; tenementa alia eis ~encia Meaux II 186; 1423 personas obsidum ‥ aut alias ~entes in possessionibus et redditibus RScot II 241b. b nec ipse armarius debet libros accommodare nisi accipiat ~ens memoriale Obs. Barnwell 62. c cum verbum tribuendi et ~encia quoad significacionem ibidem sepius inserantur Ockham Pol. I 53; non hoc tollit deperdicionem potencie Dei sine adventu nove ~entis Wycl. Act. 63. d iste error fuit in ~enti damnatus per Alexandrum IV Conway Def. Mend. 1419.

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