PROPORTIONATED

Verb

proportionated

simple past tense and past participle of proportionate

Source: Wiktionary


PROPORTIONATE

Pro*por"tion*ate, a. Etym: [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.]

Definition: Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.

Pro*por"tion*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportionating.] Etym: [Cf. Proportion, v.]

Definition: To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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