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Definition of Proportionable
1. Adjective. Proportionate.
Definition of Proportionable
1. a. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.
Definition of Proportionable
1. Adjective. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proportionable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proportionable
Literary usage of Proportionable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"was purchased at an easy rate, if it be true that, in one year, twelve thousand
men were baptized at Rome, besides a proportionable number of women and ..."
2. The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine by John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (1805)
"... ought the poor labourer, or pan he upon the proportionable equity the law
requires, be rack rented for his ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And therefore he will be entitled to retain a proportionable part on his settlement
with them(2). Per Curiam, . Postea to the plaintiff^.) Call, Bart., v. ..."
4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"Besides, the requital you make the Athenians is HI. not proportionable, nor free
from dishonesty. For '' ' you, as you say yourselves, brought in the Athen- ..."
5. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"King's pleasure as soon as they knew his desire; and so hia 1633 attendance in
all respects was proportionable to the glory of the greatest king. 167. ..."
6. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1904)
"... to send them a General Governor, ships of more force, a regiment of soldiers,
men skilled in fortifying, and a magazine proportionable to the garrisons. ..."
7. The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley, M.D.: And the Antiquarian by William Stukeley, William Collings Lukis, Roger Gale, Samuel Gale (1882)
"... or any proportionable parts of them, in the same moment ; for this being done,
they reach & rap against the obstacle (marked A) in the same instant. ..."
8. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1874)
"that said town shall be doomed, and they are hereby doomed, and ordered to pay
taxes the year ensuing proportionable to a list of sixteen thousand pounds ..."
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