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Proportionate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.