COMMENSURATE

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.

2.
v.

To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller

3.
a.

Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

4.
a.

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.

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