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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commensurate \Com*men"su*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commensurated}; p. pr & vb n. {Commensurating}.] [Pref. com- + mensurate.] 1. To reduce to a common measure. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To proportionate; to adjust --T. Puller From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commensurate \Com*men"su*rate\, a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as commensurate quantities. 2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. --Tillotson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: commensurate adj : corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: {incommensurate}]
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