proportionateadj.

Brit.

/prəˈpɔːʃənət/,

/prəˈpɔːʃn̩ət/, U.S.

/prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nət/,

/pərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nət/

Forms: Middle English proporcionat, Middle English proporcyonate, Middle English proporsionat, Middle English–1500s proporcionate, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1500s– proportionate, 1500s proporcyonat, 1500s–1600s proportionat; Scottish pre-1700 preportionat, pre-1700 proporcionat, pre-1700 proporcionate, pre-1700 proportionat, pre-1700 proportionnat, pre-1700 1700s– proportionate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin proportionatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin proportionatus proportioned, corresponding (c1250, 1457 in British sources), (in music) having or depending on particular intervallic relationships (late 15th cent.) < classical Latin prōportiōn- , prōportiō proportion n. + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare slightly earlier proportioned adj., and also proportional adj.

1. Proportioned, adjusted in proportion; that is in (due) proportion, proportional (to); appropriate in respect of quantity, extent, degree, etc. Formerly also: †having suitable or pleasing proportions (obsolete).In early use sometimes as a past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate

reasonable1348

proportionala1398

proportionatea1398

proportionable?a1425

attemperate1485

measured1561

measurable1563

answerable1567

symmetral1660

adequal1678

proportionative1949

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 52 Þe nailes growen in lengþe & brede in quantite proporcionat [L. proportionatum] to þe fyngres.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 162 Etyng forsoþ of hym þat is farmacied oweþ for to be..lesse þan wont, þat it be proporcionate [?c1425 Paris be proporcioned; L. proporcionetur] to þe pacient yfebled bi euacuacioun.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 181 (MED) A goode habitude of the mynde is signifiede when the membres be welle proporcionate [L. bene fuerint proportionata] as vn to figure, coloure, qualite, quantite, place, and movenge.

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 49 (MED) Without these fyers thow maye not bringe To putrefactione for to be separate Thy matters together proportionate.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 232 (margin) No more is your giuing proportionate to my liking.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. 18 The which..are so proportionate together..that a manifest signe..is found in this contrarietie.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 16 If they be reciprocally equal, the Head is called Proportionate.

1701 Free State of Noland 7 The number of the Representatives must be proportionate to the Estates, of those that choose or send them.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 Ponderous bodies forced into velocity move with violence proportionate to their weight.

1789 J. Byng Diary 9 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 11 The bed rooms are proportionate: but the chapel is in the modern, frippery..stile.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. vii. 60 Equal or proportionate pressures, such as are produced by forces which would generate equal or proportionate momenta in a given time.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xxv. 403 That the justly proportionate character was the one for which we finally reserved our admiration.

1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xxxiii. 330 A hot and a cold sweet, full décolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance.

1987 USA Today 21 Oct. 6/6 Monday's U.S. military response..was measured and proportionate.

2000 W. L. Craig in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 137/2 The light from all other measured galaxies is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum to a degree proportionate to their distance from us.

†2. Corresponding, analogous. 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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 57 (MED) 3a. cause addeþ Auicen þat, þof þe materie be noȝt proporcionate [L. non proporcionetur] neþerlez it is a noying contristyng or heuying þe brayne.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 37 It is wished..that some iudges, proportionat to those of the Græcian Games, (who alwayes..pull'd downe the statues erected, if they exceeded the true symmetry of the victors) had giuen such exorbitant fictions their desert.

†3. Music. Having or depending on particular relationships of duration or pitch; (sometimes) spec. = perfect adj. 10b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > types of proportion

proportionate?a1505

imperfectc1570

perfect1588

retorted1597

retortive1597

imperfectible1609

major?1779

minor?1779

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 226 in Poems (1981) 139 Thare lerit he tonys proportionate [a1525 Asloan proporcionate] As duplar, triplar, and emetritus.

c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 123^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Proportionat(e Dyvers mudis ar proporcionat.

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 46 The Proportionate [tact] is that, whereby three Semibreefes are vttered against one (as in a Triple).

1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke 38 The first is the Perfect Division of the Semi-breve which is by 3. the which we call Minime Time, & as some say, from the Proportionate Rule.

†4. Fitting, befitting, appropriate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > adequate for the case or conditions

fulfilling1340

satisfactory1576

proportionate1614

adequatea1617

satisfactive1646

equal1697

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 115 The speaking to them, in the singular Number, is very proportionat to their proper names.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 32 By such clear direct precepts, and autoritative sanctions..as..is most proportionate to the dimness and infirmity of humane understanding.

1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) Pref. 4 When circumstances rendred others [sc. institutions] more accomodate and more proportionate to his end.

Compounds

proportionate dwarfism n. dwarfism in which the affected individual's limbs and trunk are shortened to (more or less) the same degree.Chiefly used in medical and technical contexts. Contrasted with disproportionate dwarfism n. at disproportionate adj. Additions.

ΚΠ

1905 Arch. Pediatrics 22 496 In rachitis and mongolism all the parts are nearly uniformly affected so that the result is more or less proportionate dwarfism.

1942 Jrnl. Heredity 33 415/2 It seems logical to suspect that one factor pair conditions this type of proportionate dwarfism [in Jersey cattle].

2012 Time Out N.Y. 20 Sept. 33/3 One of Barnum's attractions going back to the American Museum days, the two-foot showman, actor and impressionist had proportionate dwarfism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

proportionatev.

Brit.

/prəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/,

/prəˈpɔːʃn̩eɪt/, U.S.

/prəˈpɔrʃəˌneɪt/,

/pərˈpɔrʃəˌneɪt/

Forms: 1500s proporcionate, 1500s– proportionate.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin proportionat- , proportionare ; proportionate adj.

Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin proportionat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of proportionare (see proportion v.), and partly < proportionate adj.: see -ate suffix³.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To set or determine the proportions of; to shape, form, fashion; = proportion v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)]

i-schapeOE

shapec1000

afaite?c1225

feigna1300

form1340

deformc1384

proportionc1384

throwc1390

figure?a1400

parec1400

mould1408

fashion1413

portrayc1450

effigure1486

porture1489

moul1530

shapen1535

frame1553

proportionate1555

efform1578

inform1590

formate1599

to shape out1600

infigure1611

figurate1615

immodelize1649

effinge1657

effigiate1660

configure1857

carpenter1884

1555 J. Mason MS Let. 3 Mar. (P.R.O. SP69/6) f. 42 To aduise her to tak the mesur of her realm and to proportionate her receytes and expenses together.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 116 Salt, sulphur, and mercurie,..being..equally ballanced and proportionated,..make gold to be incorruptible.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. R4^v A Dromidore, and a Camell, differ much in quality, but not in quantity, being of one height, bredth, and length; saue only their heads, and feet, which are proportionated alike.

1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie i. 1 When God had moulded, formed, and compleatly proportionated Adam out of the Dust of the ground.

1699 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 2) II. 234 He continues it [sc. the Hot-Bed] to the design'd length proportionating it still by Layers.

?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 227 To proportionate them, so as to measure time regularly, is the design of calculation.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 148 A true inward symmetry, what one calls an architectural harmony, reigns in it, proportionates it all.

1999 Science 12 Mar. 1702/3 Lower-mantle conductivity is then obtained by proportionating Pv [= perovskite] and magnesiowüstite (Mw) values.

2. transitive. To make proportionate to; to adjust in proportion; = proportion v. 2.

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

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aj Proportionating to the Sommes bequeathed, the Contributions of eche part.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 78 The number of the conuiuals at priuate entertainments exceeded not nine, nor were vnder three, proportionating themselues vnto the Graces and Muses.

1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. Table of Contents The proportionating the Expenses of Animal Spirits, to the labours, we are obliged to undergo.

1731 C. Owen Relig. Gratitude ii. 53 God proportionates the returns to the receipts.

1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 865 A much more correct..method consists in proportionating the number of births to the number of all the married wives (W).

1935 F. Machlup in H. P. Willis & J. M. Chapman Econ. of Inflation ii. iv. 286 Provided the taxes in question are somehow proportionated to the output..then the reëmployment is a genuine ‘external economy’.

1960 T. E. Murray Nuclear Policy for War & Peace ii. 45 Justice imperatively demands that we reject the concept of total nuclear warfare, since it cannot be proportionated to any rational set of political objectives.

†3. transitive. To be proportionate to; to correspond to; = proportion v. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match

to be even witheOE

match?1529

countervail1530

even1582

suit1583

patterna1586

amate1590

proportionate1590

parallela1594

fellow1596

to hold its level with1598

adequate1599

coequal1599

twin1605

paragonize1606

peer1614

to come upa1616

proportiona1616

paragon1620

parallelize1620

tail1639

to match up to (also with)1958

1590 E. Digby Dissuasiue 194 By the ministerie of the foure elements: in order proportionating the foure great Monarches of the world.

1606 Bp. J. King Serm. Sept. 30 Nether doth the former of these proportionate, nor the latter import any such presbytery as is now exacted.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 553 Their sufferings have at least proportionated their Constancie.

†4. transitive. To mete or measure out in due proportion; to allot, divide, or apportion; = proportion v. 3, 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > in due proportion

proportiona1475

rate1491

apportionate1523

apportion1528

limit1530

discribe1531

applot1633

proportionate1637

admeasure1641

prorate1858

1637 T. Heywood Londini Speculum sig. C They held the soule of man to subsist in that number, proportionating it into these foure Faculties, Mens, Scientia, Opinio, Sensus.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) i. §2.30 He proportionates out our trials, and supplies us with a remedy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	proportionate
释义	proportionateadj. Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃənət/, /prəˈpɔːʃn̩ət/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nət/, /pərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nət/ Forms: Middle English proporcionat, Middle English proporcyonate, Middle English proporsionat, Middle English–1500s proporcionate, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1500s– proportionate, 1500s proporcyonat, 1500s–1600s proportionat; Scottish pre-1700 preportionat, pre-1700 proporcionat, pre-1700 proporcionate, pre-1700 proportionat, pre-1700 proportionnat, pre-1700 1700s– proportionate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin proportionatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin proportionatus proportioned, corresponding (c1250, 1457 in British sources), (in music) having or depending on particular intervallic relationships (late 15th cent.) < classical Latin prōportiōn- , prōportiō proportion n. + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare slightly earlier proportioned adj., and also proportional adj. 1. Proportioned, adjusted in proportion; that is in (due) proportion, proportional (to); appropriate in respect of quantity, extent, degree, etc. Formerly also: †having suitable or pleasing proportions (obsolete).In early use sometimes as a past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate reasonable1348 proportionala1398 proportionatea1398 proportionable?a1425 attemperate1485 measured1561 measurable1563 answerable1567 symmetral1660 adequal1678 proportionative1949 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 52 Þe nailes growen in lengþe & brede in quantite proporcionat [L. proportionatum] to þe fyngres. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 162 Etyng forsoþ of hym þat is farmacied oweþ for to be..lesse þan wont, þat it be proporcionate [?c1425 Paris be proporcioned; L. proporcionetur] to þe pacient yfebled bi euacuacioun. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 181 (MED) A goode habitude of the mynde is signifiede when the membres be welle proporcionate [L. bene fuerint proportionata] as vn to figure, coloure, qualite, quantite, place, and movenge. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 49 (MED) Without these fyers thow maye not bringe To putrefactione for to be separate Thy matters together proportionate. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 232 (margin) No more is your giuing proportionate to my liking. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. 18 The which..are so proportionate together..that a manifest signe..is found in this contrarietie. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 16 If they be reciprocally equal, the Head is called Proportionate. 1701 Free State of Noland 7 The number of the Representatives must be proportionate to the Estates, of those that choose or send them. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 Ponderous bodies forced into velocity move with violence proportionate to their weight. 1789 J. Byng Diary 9 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 11 The bed rooms are proportionate: but the chapel is in the modern, frippery..stile. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. vii. 60 Equal or proportionate pressures, such as are produced by forces which would generate equal or proportionate momenta in a given time. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xxv. 403 That the justly proportionate character was the one for which we finally reserved our admiration. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xxxiii. 330 A hot and a cold sweet, full décolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance. 1987 USA Today 21 Oct. 6/6 Monday's U.S. military response..was measured and proportionate. 2000 W. L. Craig in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 137/2 The light from all other measured galaxies is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum to a degree proportionate to their distance from us. †2. Corresponding, analogous. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 57 (MED) 3a. cause addeþ Auicen þat, þof þe materie be noȝt proporcionate [L. non proporcionetur] neþerlez it is a noying contristyng or heuying þe brayne. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 37 It is wished..that some iudges, proportionat to those of the Græcian Games, (who alwayes..pull'd downe the statues erected, if they exceeded the true symmetry of the victors) had giuen such exorbitant fictions their desert. †3. Music. Having or depending on particular relationships of duration or pitch; (sometimes) spec. = perfect adj. 10b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > types of proportion proportionate?a1505 imperfectc1570 perfect1588 retorted1597 retortive1597 imperfectible1609 major?1779 minor?1779 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 226 in Poems (1981) 139 Thare lerit he tonys proportionate [a1525 Asloan proporcionate] As duplar, triplar, and emetritus. c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 123^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Proportionat(e Dyvers mudis ar proporcionat. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 46 The Proportionate [tact] is that, whereby three Semibreefes are vttered against one (as in a Triple). 1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke 38 The first is the Perfect Division of the Semi-breve which is by 3. the which we call Minime Time, & as some say, from the Proportionate Rule. †4. Fitting, befitting, appropriate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > adequate for the case or conditions fulfilling1340 satisfactory1576 proportionate1614 adequatea1617 satisfactive1646 equal1697 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 115 The speaking to them, in the singular Number, is very proportionat to their proper names. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 32 By such clear direct precepts, and autoritative sanctions..as..is most proportionate to the dimness and infirmity of humane understanding. 1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) Pref. 4 When circumstances rendred others [sc. institutions] more accomodate and more proportionate to his end. Compounds proportionate dwarfism n. dwarfism in which the affected individual's limbs and trunk are shortened to (more or less) the same degree.Chiefly used in medical and technical contexts. Contrasted with disproportionate dwarfism n. at disproportionate adj. Additions. ΚΠ 1905 Arch. Pediatrics 22 496 In rachitis and mongolism all the parts are nearly uniformly affected so that the result is more or less proportionate dwarfism. 1942 Jrnl. Heredity 33 415/2 It seems logical to suspect that one factor pair conditions this type of proportionate dwarfism [in Jersey cattle]. 2012 Time Out N.Y. 20 Sept. 33/3 One of Barnum's attractions going back to the American Museum days, the two-foot showman, actor and impressionist had proportionate dwarfism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). proportionatev. Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/, /prəˈpɔːʃn̩eɪt/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃəˌneɪt/, /pərˈpɔrʃəˌneɪt/ Forms: 1500s proporcionate, 1500s– proportionate. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin proportionat- , proportionare ; proportionate adj. Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin proportionat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of proportionare (see proportion v.), and partly < proportionate adj.: see -ate suffix³. Now rare. 1. transitive. To set or determine the proportions of; to shape, form, fashion; = proportion v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] i-schapeOE shapec1000 afaite?c1225 feigna1300 form1340 deformc1384 proportionc1384 throwc1390 figure?a1400 parec1400 mould1408 fashion1413 portrayc1450 effigure1486 porture1489 moul1530 shapen1535 frame1553 proportionate1555 efform1578 inform1590 formate1599 to shape out1600 infigure1611 figurate1615 immodelize1649 effinge1657 effigiate1660 configure1857 carpenter1884 1555 J. Mason MS Let. 3 Mar. (P.R.O. SP69/6) f. 42 To aduise her to tak the mesur of her realm and to proportionate her receytes and expenses together. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 116 Salt, sulphur, and mercurie,..being..equally ballanced and proportionated,..make gold to be incorruptible. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. R4^v A Dromidore, and a Camell, differ much in quality, but not in quantity, being of one height, bredth, and length; saue only their heads, and feet, which are proportionated alike. 1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie i. 1 When God had moulded, formed, and compleatly proportionated Adam out of the Dust of the ground. 1699 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 2) II. 234 He continues it [sc. the Hot-Bed] to the design'd length proportionating it still by Layers. ?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 227 To proportionate them, so as to measure time regularly, is the design of calculation. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 148 A true inward symmetry, what one calls an architectural harmony, reigns in it, proportionates it all. 1999 Science 12 Mar. 1702/3 Lower-mantle conductivity is then obtained by proportionating Pv [= perovskite] and magnesiowüstite (Mw) values. 2. transitive. To make proportionate to; to adjust in proportion; = proportion v. 2. 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 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aj Proportionating to the Sommes bequeathed, the Contributions of eche part. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 78 The number of the conuiuals at priuate entertainments exceeded not nine, nor were vnder three, proportionating themselues vnto the Graces and Muses. 1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. Table of Contents The proportionating the Expenses of Animal Spirits, to the labours, we are obliged to undergo. 1731 C. Owen Relig. Gratitude ii. 53 God proportionates the returns to the receipts. 1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 865 A much more correct..method consists in proportionating the number of births to the number of all the married wives (W). 1935 F. Machlup in H. P. Willis & J. M. Chapman Econ. of Inflation ii. iv. 286 Provided the taxes in question are somehow proportionated to the output..then the reëmployment is a genuine ‘external economy’. 1960 T. E. Murray Nuclear Policy for War & Peace ii. 45 Justice imperatively demands that we reject the concept of total nuclear warfare, since it cannot be proportionated to any rational set of political objectives. †3. transitive. To be proportionate to; to correspond to; = proportion v. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match to be even witheOE match?1529 countervail1530 even1582 suit1583 patterna1586 amate1590 proportionate1590 parallela1594 fellow1596 to hold its level with1598 adequate1599 coequal1599 twin1605 paragonize1606 peer1614 to come upa1616 proportiona1616 paragon1620 parallelize1620 tail1639 to match up to (also with)1958 1590 E. Digby Dissuasiue 194 By the ministerie of the foure elements: in order proportionating the foure great Monarches of the world. 1606 Bp. J. King Serm. Sept. 30 Nether doth the former of these proportionate, nor the latter import any such presbytery as is now exacted. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 553 Their sufferings have at least proportionated their Constancie. †4. transitive. To mete or measure out in due proportion; to allot, divide, or apportion; = proportion v. 3, 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > in due proportion proportiona1475 rate1491 apportionate1523 apportion1528 limit1530 discribe1531 applot1633 proportionate1637 admeasure1641 prorate1858 1637 T. Heywood Londini Speculum sig. C They held the soule of man to subsist in that number, proportionating it into these foure Faculties, Mens, Scientia, Opinio, Sensus. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) i. §2.30 He proportionates out our trials, and supplies us with a remedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1398v.1555
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