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ad·meas·ure  (d-mzhr)

tr.v. ad·meas·ured, ad·meas·ur·ing, ad·meas·ures

To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.

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[Middle English amesuren, from Old French amesurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + mesurer, to measure (from Late Latin mnsrre, to measure, from Latin mnsra, measure; see measure).]

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ad·measure·ment n.

ad·measur·er n.

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admeasure [ædˈmɛʒə]

vb

1. (Law) to measure out (land, etc.) as a share; apportion

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) to determine the dimensions, capacity, weight, and other details of (a vessel), as for an official registration, documentation, or yacht handicap rating

[C14 amesuren, from Old French amesurer, from mesurer to measure; the modern form derives from ad- + measure]

admeasurement  n

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Verb

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admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"