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proportioning |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr & vb n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner Cf {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
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