01 a. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
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Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.“What is proportionate to his transgression.” — Locke.
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Webster, 1913
Proportionate
02 v. t. To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment…
imp. & p. p.
Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proportionating
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To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.