English Dictionary: Proportionate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. |