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单词 equipollent
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equipollentadj.n.

/iːkwɪˈpɒlənt/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s equipolent, (Middle English–1500s equypolent, 1700s equippolent), 1500s–1600s æquipol(l)ent.
Etymology: < Old French equipolent (modern French équipollent), < Latin aequipollent-em of equal value, < aequus equal + pollentem, present participle of pollēre to be strong.
A. adj.
1. Of persons: Possessed of equal power, authority, influence, rank, or personal capacity. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level > of people
equipollenta1420
equivalentc1460
condignc1470
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2108 They wolden waite to be equipolent, And somewhat more, unto her husbondes.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 68 Ther may no gretter Perill growe to a Prince, than to have a Subgett equipolent to himself.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviij Fewe princes..be to hym comparable, or equipollent.
1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 7v Being in capacity and memory both els equipolent.
1824–9 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) I. 393 A maritime power..equipollent on the sea with France.
2. Of things, forces, or agencies: Equal in power, effectiveness, or validity.
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a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum xii. 5 The thoughtfulle wight is vesselle of turment, There is no greef to hym equipollent.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy vii. v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 170 After thyne Elements be made equypolent.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. iii. sig. a.vii Saynt Mylgyde the thyrde, of vertu equypolent.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 159 Votarie resolution is made equipollent to custome.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 143 The Pressure of the Atmospheere, and the resistence of the Bubble [were] by Accident..near æquipollent.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. ix. 134 By the aid of a considerable and equipollent muscular force.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxviii To regard the Bible..as a sort of talisman..with all its parts equipollent.
3.
a. Identical in effect or result; practically equivalent.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > identical in effect
equipollent1664
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal in effect or equivalent
convertiblec1386
fellowa1393
equipollec1430
answerable1551
countervailable1576
equiparable1611
reciprocal1616
equiparant1625
equiponderant1629
equivalent1639
tantamount1641
equiparate1655
equipollent1664
equal1677
adequative1809
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 165 To find the Longitude of any place, or some thing æquipollent thereunto.
c1730 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley v. 180 The divine conservation is equipollent to..a continued repeated creation.
1790 Wildbore Spher. Motion in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 530 An equipollent parallelopipedon which shall move in the very same manner as the body.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. viii. 595 A uniformity of measure, which the use of nearly equipollent feet cannot..be thought to impair.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 260 The equipollent forms of Limitation or Inclusion, and Exception.
1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vii. 292 Equipollent conceptions could be placed side by side in apposition.
b. Of expressions or symbols: Equivalent in meaning.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > equivalent in meaning
equivalent1529
equipollent1577
synonymous1610
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Greeke word ἀπειρόκαλος, is equipolent [1587 equipollent], to Ineptus.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. iii. §1. 212 Two Philosophicall termes, in sense æquipollent vnto the very name of God.
1761 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 865 The characters..were not precisely the same with those of the equipollent letters used in Umbria.
1858 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. (1876) 299 Ὑπέρ shall be accepted as equipollent with ἀντί.
c. In Logic. Said esp. of propositions which express the same thing, notwithstanding formal diversity.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions
causalc1530
subalternate1599
equipollent1642
reduplicative1671
subalternating1671
pure1697
poristic1704
desitive1725
inceptive1725
contrary1739
exponible1788
analytic1797
analytical1797
poristical1828
oristica1832
oristicosemeiotica1832
balanced1849
plurative1849
molecular1892
dyadic1897
monadic1897
dispositional1909
non-atomic1934
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xv. 66 Indefinite propositions are æquipollent to uniuersall.
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. iii. 29 Equipollent Propositions..that may be reduced purely to one and the same Categorical Proposition.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 381 Every proposition likewise, if it assumes in the beginning a negative particle, becomes its equipollent contradictory.
1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) ii. i. §2 The original proposition..is first changed into a proposition æquipollent with it.
B. n.
Something that has equal power, weight, effect, importance, or significance; an equivalent.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent
ylikeeOE
likea1200
make?c1225
fellow?a1425
proportion?a1425
countervailc1430
matcha1450
meetc1450
pareil?c1450
resemblant1484
equivalent1502
countermatch1587
second1599
parallel1600
equipollent1611
balancea1616
tantamount1637
analogy1646
analogate1652
form-fellow1659
equivalency1698
par1711
homologizer1716
peel1722
analogon1797
quits1806
correlate1821
analogue1837
representant1847
homologue1848
countertype1855
homologon1871
correlative1875
vis-à-vis1900
counterpart1903
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 337 Are they not equipollents?
1612 W. Sclater Ministers Portion 13 In the Apostles Logicke, a Priest and receiver of tithes are equipollents.
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 280 Because we exactly and fully do the equipollent.
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. E2v What is Declared..is the very Equipollent of what the Author had said.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 723 ‘Choice set terms’, for which there is absolutely no equipollent in any of the other languages of Europe.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 420 The word Ἀχαιοί is used..as the simple equipollent of Greek.
1870 F. C. Bowen Logic v. 136 Its logical equipollent.

Derivatives

equipollentness n. = equipollence n. 2.
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