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Etymology edit

From Middle English amesure, from Anglo-Norman amesurer, admesurer, from Medieval Latin admēnsūrō. Compare Classical Latin admētior (measure out to).

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive or stative) To measure. [from 15th c.]
  2. (transitive, law) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common. [from 15th c.]
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To delimit, to restrain. [14th–18th c.]

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