admeasure
English
Etymology
French [Term?], from Latin admensurāre.
Verb
admeasure (third-person singular simple present admeasures, present participle admeasuring, simple past and past participle admeasured)
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To apportion.
- (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
- admeasurement
References
- admeasure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911