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admeasure
 
SYLLABICATION:ad·meas·ure
PRONUNCIATION:  d-mzhr
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ad·meas·ured, ad·meas·ur·ing, ad·meas·ures
To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.
ETYMOLOGY: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).
OTHER FORMS:ad·measure·mentNOUN
ad·measur·erNOUN
 
 
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