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proportionate |
3 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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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