[ad-mezh-er-muh
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| 1. | the process of measuring. |
| 2. | the number, dimensions, or measure of anything. |
| 3. | apportionment. |
| 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. |