PROPORTIONABLE, adjective That may be proportioned or made proportional. This is the true sense of the word; but it is erroneously used in the sense of proportional, being in proportion; having a due comparative relation; as infantry with a proportionable number of horse.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.