- admeasure
- transitive verb (-sured; -suring) Etymology: Middle English amesuren, from Anglo-French amesurer, from a- (from Latin ad-) + mesurer to measure Date: 1641 to determine the proper share of ; apportion
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Admeasure — Ad*meas ure (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See {Measure}.] 1. To measure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
admeasure — I verb administer, allocate, allot, apportion, bestrew, broadcast, circulate, classify, diffuse, dispense, dispose, disseminate, distribute, divide, dole, issue, measure, mete, parcel out, partition, propagate, radiate, set apart, share, sow,… … Law dictionary
admeasure — [ad mezh′ər] vt. admeasured, admeasuring [ME amesuren < OFr admesurer < ML admensurare: see AD & MEASURE] to measure out shares of; apportion … English World dictionary
admeasure — admeasurer, n. /ad mezh euhr/, v.t., admeasured, admeasuring. 1. to measure off or out; apportion. 2. Naut. to measure the dimensions and capacity of a vessel, as for official registration. [1300 50; ME amesuren < MF amesurer, with AD r. A 5; see … Universalium
admeasure — verb To apportion … Wiktionary
admeasure — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. apportion. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To set aside or distribute as a share: allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See COLLECT … English dictionary for students
admeasure — v. measure out, portion out; measure a ship (Nautical) … English contemporary dictionary
admeasure — verb archaic apportion. Derivatives admeasurement noun Origin C16: from OFr. amesurer, from med. L. admensurare, based on L. metiri to measure … English new terms dictionary
admeasure — ad·mea·sure … English syllables
admeasure — ad•meas•ure [[t]ædˈmɛʒ ər[/t]] v. t. ured, ur•ing to measure off or out; apportion • Etymology: 1300–50; ME amesuren < MF amesurer, with ad r. a V; see measure ad•meas′ur•er, n. ad•meas′ure•ment, n … From formal English to slang
