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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.]

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportionating.]

[Cf. Proportion, v.]

To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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proportionate adj
1: being in due proportion [ant: disproportionate]
2: agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; "the figures are large but the corresponding totals next year will be larger" [syn: corresponding, in proportion to]
3: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities [syn: harmonious, symmetrical]

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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.]

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. --Longfellow.

What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportionating.]

[Cf. Proportion, v.]

To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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