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To reduce to a common measure.

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  1. v. t. To reduce to a common measure.
  2. v. t. To proportionate; to adjust.
  3. a. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
  4. a. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
  5. adj. corresponding in size or degree or extent
  6. 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. 2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. 2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.
  7. j:100 a. corresponding in size or degree or extent