approportionate
English
Etymology
From ap- (form of ad- (“to”)) + proportionate.
Verb
approportionate (third-person singular simple present approportionates, present participle approportionating, simple past and past participle approportionated)
- to render proportionate; to proportion.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 78:
- "... the extreme lightness of her [a Bird-of-Paradise's] furniture being approportionated to the thinness of that Element [Air]?"
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 78:
Translations
proportion — see proportion
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