Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-POR'TION-ATE
PRO-POR-TION-ATEPRO-POR'TION-ATE-LY
PRO-POR'TION-ATE, v.t.
To proportion; to make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate or to due comparative relation; as, to proportionate punishments to crimes. [This verb is less used than proportion.]
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