mensurate
English
Etymology
From Latin mensuratus, pp of mensurare.
Verb
mensurate (third-person singular simple present mensurates, present participle mensurating, simple past and past participle mensurated)
- (obsolete) To measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- (military) To measure accurately and precisely the position of an object. Not to be confused with refinement.
Anagrams
- numerates, true names
Latin
Verb
mēnsūrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of mēnsūrō
Participle
mēnsūrāte
- vocative masculine singular of mēnsūrātus
References
- mensurate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)