What does "proportionate" mean?
Proportionate: Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
Additional senses
- 2.To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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