adequatea.[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.)()v. t.[See Adequate, a.]1. To equalize; to make adequate.(Fotherby.)2. To equal.()It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. (Shelford.)