Measure \Meas"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Measured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Measuring.] [F. mesurer, L. mensurare. See Measure,
n.]
1. To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute
or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity
of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions
of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to
appraise.
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Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite
Thy power! what thought can measure thee? --Milton.
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2. To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures
changes of temperature.
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3. To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off
and determining the distance.
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A true devoted pilgrim is not weary
To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. --Shak.
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4. To adjust by a rule or standard.
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To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires
by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
--Jer. Taylor.
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5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by
measure; -- often with out or off.
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With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again. --Matt. vii.
2.
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That portion of eternity which is called time,
measured out by the sun. --Addison.
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To measure swords with one, to try another's skill in the
use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's
abilities against an antagonist's.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Measured \Meas"ured\, a.
Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform;
graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured
steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
measured
adj 1: determined by measurement; "the measured distance was less
than a mile" [ant: unmeasured]
2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: metrical, metric]
3: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
"with measured irony" [syn: calculated, deliberate]
4: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
"with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "measured":
a, accordant, admeasured, alike, alternate, an, antispastic, any,
appraised, assessed, automatic, balanced, beating, cadenced,
cadent, calculated, careful, cautious, certain, circling,
concinnate, concinnous, considered, consistent, consonant,
constant, continuous, correspondent, cyclic, dactylic, deliberate,
dignified, epochal, equable, equal, euphonic, euphonical,
euphonious, even, every other, exact, flat, flowing, fluent,
frugal, gauged, harmonious, homogeneous, iambic, immutable,
in numbers, in rhythm, intentional, intermittent, invariable,
isochronal, known by measurement, leisurely, level, majestic,
mapped, mechanical, metered, methodic, metric, metronomic,
moderate, modulated, monolithic, monotonous, of a piece, one,
ordered, orderly, oscillatory, periodical, persistent, planned,
plotted, precise, predetermined, premeditated, prosodic, prudent,
pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantified,
quantitative, quantitive, quantized, reasoned, reciprocal,
recurrent, recurring, regular, regulated, restrained, rhythmic,
rhythmical, robotlike, rotary, scanning, seasonal, sedate, serial,
slow, smooth, smooth-sounding, sober, solemn, some, sparing,
spondaic, stable, stately, steadfast, steady, stinting, studied,
surveyed, sweet, symmetrical, systematic, temperate, throbbing,
triangulated, tripping, trochaic, unbroken, unchangeable,
unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated,
undiversified, undulant, undulatory, unhurried, uniform, unruffled,
unvaried, unvarying, valuated, valued, wavelike, well-thought-out,
wheeling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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