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admeasure

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ad⋅meas⋅ure

  [ad-mezh-er]
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–verb (used with object), -ured, -ur⋅ing.
1. to measure off or out; apportion.
2. Nautical. to measure the dimensions and capacity of a vessel, as for official registration.
Origin:
1300–50; ME amesuren < MF amesurer, with ad- r. a- 5 ; see measure

Related forms:
ad⋅meas⋅ur⋅er, noun
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ad·meas·ure   (ād-mězh'ər)   
tr.v.   ad·meas·ured, ad·meas·ur·ing, ad·meas·ures
To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.

[Middle English amesuren, from Old French amesurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + mesurer, to measure (from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure).]
ad·meas'ure·ment n., ad·meas'ur·er n.
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