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  1. 1. a. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. being in due proportion Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke. 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
  7. 7. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion;proportional. Longfellow.What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 a. being in due proportion s. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree Source: ecdict

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