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Webster 1913 Edition
Proportionate
Pro-por′tion-ate
,Adj.
[L.
proportionatus
. See Proportion
.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
Longfellow.
What is
proportionate
to his transgression. Locke.
Pro-por′tion-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Proportionated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proportionating
.] [Cf. ]
Proportion
, Verb.
To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion;
as, to
. proportionate
punishment to crimesWebster 1828 Edition
Proportionate
PROPORTIONATE
,Adj.
The connection between the end and means is proportionate.
Punishment should be proportionate to the transgression.
PROPORTIONATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
proportionate
proportionate
English
Adjective
proportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)
- In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- John Locke
- What is proportionate to his transgression.
- John Locke
- Harmonious and symmetrical.
Antonyms
- (in proportion): disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate
- (harmonious and symmetrical):
Translations
proportional
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harmonious and symmetrical
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Verb
proportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)
- (transitive) To make proportionate.