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  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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