the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
v. To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having proportion, or due proportion; adjusted to something else according to a certain rate or comparative relation; proportional.
To make proportional; adjust according to a settled rate or to due comparative relation or proportion: as, to proportionate punishments to crimes.
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adj. exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
adj. being in due proportion
adj. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
Word Usage
"When I last covered Giuliani the night of the Iowa Caucus, in fact, he was here in Florida, as we all know, saying he was not at all worried about what he calls his proportionate strategy."