Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To ascertain the dimensions, size, or capacity of; measure.
- In law, to survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common. This was formerly done by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To apportion.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To measure.
- v. (Law) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment
- v. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
- v. (Law) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of
admeasurement , directed to the sheriff.
WordNet 3.0
- v. determine the quantity of someone's share
Etymologies
- Middle English amesuren, from Old French amesurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + mesurer, to measure (from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The entry in the Argyll and Bute volume of Buildings of Scotland ends with the words, “… the extent to which architecture and landscape together admeasure the sublime.””
“In order to be able to admeasure this sufficiently, prehistoric studies are advisable, nay, necessary.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘admeasure’.
-
Test Prep or Just for fun
Building a list for standardized test prep or just for learning some new words! Please add any words that you feel are important for the SAT/GRE/GMAT etc...
throng, morass, parley, facile, kismet, strife, jetsam, carrion, annex, harbinger, vestige, surreptitious and 575 more...
-
thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
-
collection
sanguine, vie, antebellum, glacial, treacly, iconoclast, lissom, anathema, serendipity, parsimonious, histrionic, contemptuous and 279 more...
-
ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
-
word list
abandon, ache, augment, avow, atone, approbate, apprehend, abut, apostatize, abase, abash, abate and 155 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for admeasure.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.