'Proportioning' definitions:

Definition of 'Proportioning'

From: GCIDE
  • Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportioning.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. Proportionate, v.]
  • 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. [1913 Webster]
  • In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. [1913 Webster]
  • Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. [1913 Webster]