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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Commensurate

/kəm-ĕn'-sẽr-ət/ · Com·men·su·rate · IPA /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
01 v. t. To reduce to a common measure.
imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating
  1. 1.
    To reduce to a common measure.
  2. 2.
    To proportionate; to adjust.
02 a. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
  1. 1.
    Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
  2. 2.
    Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
    “Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration.” — Tillotson.