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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Proportio(u)nablie, -cionably, -li, adv. [Late ME and e.m.E. proporcionably (1413), -tionably, f. Proportionable adj.] a. In a proportionable manner or degree; in proportion. b. ? In (? equal) shares or portions. Cf. Proportional(l)y adv. 1. —a. 1428 (1653) Edinb. Chart. 63.
And of all vther thingis, pock, pack and barrell, proportionablie ansuerand to the sarplar and to the twn 1447 Dundee Chart. 24.
Proporcionabli 1467 Acts II 89/1.
The samyn sowmis in substance … in sik lik mone to the walour as ȝeide … befor this act and proporcionably in pundis and schillingis of the reknyng that salbe in tyme tocum —b. 1665 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 6 Sept.
I live to my said dawghters my wther wholl abone wrytin soumes proportiounablie and equallie to be devydit amongst them
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