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proportionate

Pro*por"tion*ate, a. Etym: [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.] Defn: Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke. Pro*por"tion*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportionating.] Etym: [Cf. Proportion, v.] Defn: To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.


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