equipollent
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Having equal power or force; equivalent.
- adjective Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.
Examples
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But the evidence against doing so is at least equipollent: Bayle claims, repeatedly and unequivocally, to be a believer.
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Only superstition is now so well advanced, that men of the first blood, are as firm as butchers by occupation; and votary resolution, is made equipollent to custom, even in matter of blood.
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We shall find that such a conception is borne out by experience and observation, when we come to deal with the Earth as a magnet; because we shall afterwards learn that the Earth is an electro-magnet, possessing its magnetic field, which is co-existent and equipollent with its electric field.
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Masonry, like the equipollent ladders of its kindred institutions, always had seven steps, although in modern times the three principal or upper ones are alone alluded to.
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Hill's eloquence exceeded his judgment; Stephens 'judgment was superior to his oratorical power; in Toombs these were equipollent.
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Read him aright, and measure by time, not syllables, and no lines can be more legitimate, — none in which the substitution of equipollent feet, and the modifications by emphasis, are managed with such exquisite judgment.
Note
The word 'equipollent' comes from Latin roots meaning 'equal' and 'powerful'.