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Webster 1913 Edition


Commensurate

Com-men′su-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commensurated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Commensurating
.]
[Pref.
com-
+
mensurate
.]
1.
To reduce to a common measure.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
To proportionate; to adjust.
T. Puller

Com-men′su-rate

,
Adj.
1.
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure;
as,
commensurate
quantities
.
2.
Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness
commensurate
to their duration.
Tillotson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commensurate

COMMENSURATE

, a.
1.
Reducible to one and the same common measure.
2.
Equal; proportional; having equal measure or extent.
We fine nothing in this life commensurate to our desires.

COMMENSURATE

,
Verb.
T.
To reduce to a common measure.