admeasure

(ad mez̸h′ər)

to measure out shares of; apportion

Origin: ME amesuren < OFr admesurer < ML admensurare: see ad- & measure

See admeasure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ad·meas·ured, ad·meas·ur·ing, ad·meas·ures

To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English amesuren

Origin: , from Old French amesurer

Origin: : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-)

Origin: + mesurer, to measure (from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure)

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