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approportionating

approportionating is the present participle and gerund of approportionate.

Meaning of approportionate

Verb

approportionate (third-person singular simple present approportionates, present participle approportionating, simple past and past participle approportionated)

  1. to render proportionate; to proportion.
    • "[…] 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

Questions about approportionating

What is approportionating the present participle and gerund of?
Approportionating is the present participle and gerund of approportionate.

Words near approportionating in the dictionary

  1. appropinquations
  2. appropinquity
  3. approportionate
  4. approportionated
  5. approportionates
  6. approportionating
  7. appropre
  8. appropred
  9. appropres
  10. appropriabilities
  11. appropriability

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