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Commensurate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.
2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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 hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.