equate Definition

equate
verb

equated, equating
1. To be equivalent to it.

Thesaurus: balance, square, match, parallel, agree, correspond.
Form: equate with something (usually)

Etymology: 19c; 15c in obsolete sense ‘to make something equal': from Latin aequare.

Phrasal Verb: equate one thing to or with another

To consider them as equivalent.