admeasure

English

Verb

admeasure (third-person singular simple present admeasures, present participle admeasuring, simple past and past participle admeasured)

  1. (transitive) To measure.
  2. (transitive) To apportion.
  3. (transitive, law, obsolete) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.

Derived terms

References

  • admeasure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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