Lewis Short
(verb) : cŏ-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level (rare but in good prose).
* Prop.: aream,Cato, R. R. 91 and 129: montes,Sall. C. 20, 11: pastinatum,Col. 3, 16, 1: sulcum,id. 11, 3, 48: glaebas,id. 2, 17, 4; cf. Pall. 1, 13 fin.
* Trop.
* To make equal in worth, dignity, power, etc., to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize: ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, * Cic. Verr 2, 3, 41, § 95: gratiam omnium,Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 11, 3: coaequati dignitate, pecuniā, virtute, etc.,id. ib. 2: primogenito tuo,Vulg. Sir. 36, 14: pedes meos cervis,id. 2 Reg. 22, 34.
* To compare (late Lat.): aliquem cum aliquo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7: aliquem alicui,Hier. in Isa. 5, 17, 14.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary