Proportionate1, a.
a. [Lat. proportionatus, p. p. of proportionare; Fr. proportionné; Sp. proporcionado.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
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a. [Lat. proportionatus, p. p. of proportionare; Fr. proportionné; Sp. proporcionado.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. proportionating.] [L. proportionatus, p. p. of proportionare, fr. proportio, proportion.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate or to the due comparative relation; in proportion; as, to proportionate punishments to crimes.