English Explanatory Dictionary

admeasure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To measure.
  2. To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.
  3. To delimit, to restrain.

Word forms

admeasure admeasures admeasuring admeasured

Etymology

From Middle English amesure, from Anglo-Norman amesurer, admesurer, from Medieval Latin admēnsūrō. Compare Classical Latin admētior (“measure out to”).

Derived words

admeasurement admeasurer
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