Dictionary entry

Proportionate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pro‐por″tion‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Proportionated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Proportionating.] [Cf. Proportion, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.