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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
PROPORTIONATE, a. Adjusted to something else according to a certain rate or comparative relation; proportional.
PROPORTIONATE, 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.]
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.
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