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admeasure

[ ad-mezh-er ]

verb (used with object)

admeasured, admeasuring.
  1. to measure off or out; apportion.
  2. Nautical. to measure the dimensions and capacity of a vessel, as for official registration.


admeasure

/ æ»åˈ³¾É›ÏôÉ™ /

verb

  1. to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
  2. tr to determine the dimensions, capacity, weight, and other details of (a vessel), as for an official registration, documentation, or yacht handicap rating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹»åˈ³¾±ð²¹²õ³Ü°ù±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹»å·³¾±ð²¹²õu°ù·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admeasure1

1300–50; Middle English amesuren < Middle French amesurer, with ad- replacing a- 5; measure
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admeasure1

C14: amesuren, from Old French amesurer, from mesurer to measure ; the modern form derives from ad- + measure
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The length of her keel for tonnage, was 86 feet; her extreme breadth, 27 feet 6 inches; her depth in hold, 12 feet; her height between decks, 6 feet, and her admeasured burden, 362 tons.

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They were confident they could administer to minds and hearts diseased the certain specific laid down in the book, admeasured to the twentieth part of a scruple.

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When the means are of so little splendid a quality, it will be said, by what inflation of fancy is their power admeasured to such effects?

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In order to be able to admeasure this sufficiently, prehistoric studies are advisable, nay, necessary.

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