Adequate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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.

Synonyms: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.