Category: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.

Proportionate 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.