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单词 commensurate
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commensurateadj.

/kəˈmɛnsjʊərət//kəˈmɛnʃərət/
Etymology: < Latin commensūrātus (Boethius), < com- together + mensūrātus measured, < mensūrāre to measure: see commensurable adj.
1.
a. Having the same measure; of equal extent, duration, or magnitude; coextensive. Const. with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > commensurate or of equal extent
adequate1608
coextending1617
commensurate1641
coextent1647
coextended1656
coextensive1771
pro tanto1842
coequal1853
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 57 He..whose actions are exactly commensurate with equity and justice.
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 191 (T.) An age, a certain long space of time, that is commensurate with the duration of the thing that is spoken of.
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 11 Matter and Gravity are always commensurate.
1832 T. B. Macaulay Burleigh & his Times in Ess. (1851) I. 224 The life of Burleigh was commensurate with one of the most important periods.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 354 Christendom and..the Roman Empire, according to his notions commensurate.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 2 In modern Europe the influence of women and the spread of civilization have been nearly commensurate.
b. Formerly also with to. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 354 Having a Duration..commensurate to Eternity.
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 46 The Ancient Solar and Lunar Year were..exactly commensurate and equal.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 10 If the Fish..be of equal Weight to the Water, that is commensurate to the Bulk of it, the Fish will rest there.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋14 The duties of life are commensurate to its duration.
2. Of corresponding extent, magnitude, or degree; proportionate, adequate. Const. to, also with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate > proportionate to
in (also for, of, with) proportiona1393
convenientc1405
affeiring1536
measurable1541
equivalent1575
commensurable1645
commoderate1650
correspondenta1656
commensurate1657
commeasurable1658
1657 H. Hammond Some Profitable Direct. Priest & People 63 That our hope be but commensurate to our sincerity.
1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 15 A drop of praises is not commensurate to a sea of favours.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 149 The Necks of Birds and Quadrupeds are commensurate to their Legs.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 95 You know how it can act when its power is commensurate to its will. View more context for this quotation
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 374 To assist him with a force at all commensurate to the undertaking.
1863 J. Tyndall Heat iii. 59 If we have firmness to imitate his [Newton's] example, we shall, no doubt, reap a commensurate reward.
1873 Cook Job (Speaker's Comm.) IV. 3/2 Prosperity and misery are not always..commensurate with man's deserts.
3. Corresponding in nature (with, to); belonging to the same sphere or realm of things. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous
accordingc1300
proportionate?a1425
proportionablec1443
correspondentc1460
agreeable1540
answerable1551
match1551
analogical1577
suitablea1586
parallela1610
analogal1610
correlativea1626
matching1630
analogic1638
analogous1644
commensurate1644
samea1687
companion1766
homologous1837
to match1838
homological1849
homologic1880
homothetic1886
tallied1895
matched1925
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 39 Herein he..judges and is judg'd, measures and is commensurat to right reason.
1674 Govt. Tongue i. §3 By the mediation of some organ equally commensurate to soul and body.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 15 Plato adds..that according to Empedocles, the Definition of Colour was this, ἀποῤῥοὴ σχημάτων ὄψει σύμμετρος καὶ αἰσθητὸς, The Defluxion of Figures..Commensurate to the Sight and Sensible.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 276 Colour is an effluence of form, commensurate with sight, and sensible.
4. Characterized by a common measure; = commensurable adj. 1. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > describing relationships between quantities > commensurable
commensurable1557
communicant1557
symmetrala1690
commensurate1690
homogeneous1695
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. xvii. 105 We can..have no positive Idea of any Space or Duration..not made up of, and commensurate to repeated Numbers of Feet or Yards, or Days and Years, which are the common measures.
1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xiii. 107 Were these three periods commensurate to one another, that is, did a month consist of any equal number of days and the year of a certain number of lunar months.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 346 The mean motions of no two planets are exactly commensurate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

commensuratev.

/kəˈmɛnsjʊəreɪt//kəˈmɛnʃəreɪt/
Etymology: < commensurate adj.: see -ate suffix3: compare mensurate and Latin mensūrāre to measure.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be of the same measure or extent with; to agree or ‘square’ with. (rare.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)]
conspirec1384
accorda1393
to stand with ——c1449
to sit with ——a1500
correspond1545
resound1575
square1583
quader1588
to comport with1591
sympathize1594
beset1597
range1600
even1602
consort1607
to run with ——1614
countenancea1616
hita1616
sympathy1615
filea1625
quadrate?1630
consist1638
commensurate1643
commensure1654
to strike in1704
jig1838
harmonize1852
chime in with1861
equate1934
to tie in1938
to tune in1938
to tie up1958
1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie i. 5 Let us see how it commensurates with the vniversallity of Scripture and Reason.
1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie v. 21 Being only commensurates with Time, or length of dayes.
2. transitive. To make commensurate; to proportion; to make to correspond in nature.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > make proportionate (to)
proportiona1398
qualify1548
modulatec1570
proportionate1570
measure1590
cantle1603
apportion1615
equal1618
commensurate1660
scantle1711
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 18 Nature,..hath equally commensurated the senses according to the sensibles.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. ii. 81 Fitly and suitably commensurated and proportioned each to other.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 19 in Wks. (1721) II. I..will..To Loveliness immense, commensurate my Love.
3. To reduce to a measure or standard; to define the extent of; to put a measure to; to measure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > fix the measure or amount of
tax1390
dimensionate14..
commensurate1646
1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 30 His designe shall commensurate his reformation, gives it leave to go to such a degree and no further.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 312 The aptest termes to define or commensurate the longitude of places. View more context for this quotation
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 131 Before the World there were..neither year nor seasons, by which this generable World is commensurated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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