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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.
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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