equate
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- transitive verb To make equal or equivalent.
- transitive verb To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.
- transitive verb To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent: equates inexperience with youth.
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The only circumstances in which a line can start with non-built-in symbol are if the symbol is a macro name or INT equate, or if the symbol is now being defined, as indicated by a limited set of following symbols: a colon, EQU, DB, DW, etc.
— DOCUMENTATION: A86 Assembler Package by Eric Isaacson Chapter 14 - Angel stared at the child-like creature, trying to equate the words with the speaker, to imagine what it must mean for it to exist in a world of demonkind and humans. — Armageddon's Children
- Most people still equate, Phaze to Proton, Proton to Phaze. — Split Infinity
- It didn't equate, it just didn't-evil wasn't bland. — The Gates Of Sleep
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+ for an index memory quantity c for a constant i for an interrupt-equate s for a structure If there is a second letter, it is a size attribute: b for byte, w for word, f for far (or doubleword).
— DOCUMENTATION: A86 Assembler Package by Eric Isaacson Chapter 13
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- Middle English equaten, from Latin aequāre, aequāt-, from aequus, even, equal.
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