æquall

      English

      Adjective

      æquall (comparative more æquall, superlative most æquall)

      1. Archaic spelling of equal.

      Noun

      æquall (plural æqualls)

      1. Archaic spelling of equal.

      Verb

      æquall (third-person singular simple present æqualls, present participle æqualling, simple past and past participle æqualled)

      1. Archaic spelling of equal.
        • 1572–1637: Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
        • 1954: Charles Harold Herford [ed.], Percy Simpson [ed.], Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson [ed.], Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
          The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘ æquall ’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘ æqually ’ (l. 576), ‘ æquality ’ (l. 578), ‘ præscrib’d ’ (l. 38), ‘ fruicts ’ (l. 144) and ‘ fruictfully ’ […]

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