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Commensurate

Com-mĕn'su-rate, a.

adjective

(-mĕn'shu-), a. [See infra.]

Having a common measure; commensurable; as, commensurate quantities.
Equal in measure or extent; proportional.

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.

Com-mĕn'su-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COMMENSURATED; p. pr. & vb. n. COMMENSURATING.] [Lat. com, for con, and mensuratus, p. p. of mensurare, to measure; It. commensurare, Sp. conmensurar.] To reduce to a common measure. Browne.