Both Uses
proportionate
in
The Crucible
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- Another reason to believe him a deeply embittered man was his attempt to break his father's will, which left a disproportionate amount to a stepbrother.†
p. 15.2disproportionate = not appropriate in size, amount, or degree relative to something elsestandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disproportionate reverses the meaning of proportionate. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- Man, we must look to cause proportionate.†
p. 79.3 *proportionate = an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else
Definitions:
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(1)
(proportionate) an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)