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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Adequate \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adequate
       adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements
              especially of a task; "she had adequate training";
              "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the
              job" [ant: {inadequate}]
       2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
          was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
          enough" [syn: {decent}, {enough}]
       3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
          secretary" [syn: {passable}, {fair to middling}]

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