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equal
1. Identical in size, quantity, value, or standard.
2. Having the same privileges, rights, status, and opportunities as others.
3. Evenly balanced between opposing sides.
4. Equipped with the necessary qualities or means to accomplish something.
5. Treating or affecting all things impartially.
6. Having the same effect, application, or meaning as someone or something else.
7. Showing or having no variance in proportion, structure, or appearance.
8. Etymology: from Latin æqualis, "uniform, identical"; from æquus, "level, even, just".

Parallel formation egal (from Old French egal) was in use from 1380 to the 1600s.

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