Admeasure
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To measure. stative, transitive
- 2 determine the quantity of someone's share wordnet
- 3 To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common. transitive
- 4 To delimit, to restrain. obsolete, transitive
Synonyms
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From Middle English amesure, from Anglo-Norman amesurer, admesurer, from Medieval Latin admēnsūrō. Compare Classical Latin admētior (“measure out to”).
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