ad·meas·ure (ăd-mĕzh′ər) tr.v. ad·meas·ured ,
ad·meas·ur·ing ,
ad·meas·ures To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.
[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 ).]
ad·meas′ure·ment n.
ad·meas′ur·er n.
admeasure (ædˈmɛʒə ) vb 1. (Law) to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
2. (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]
adˈmeasurement n
ad•meas•ure (ædˈmɛʒ ər) v.t. -ured, -ur•ing. to measure off or out; apportion.
[1300–50; Middle English
amesuren < Middle French
amesurer, with
ad - replacing
a -
5 ; see
measure ]
ad•meas′ur•er, n.
ad•meas′ure•ment, n.
admeasure Past participle: admeasuredGerund: admeasuringImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative admeasure admeasure
Present I admeasure you admeasure he/she/it admeasures we admeasure you admeasure they admeasure
Preterite I admeasured you admeasured he/she/it admeasured we admeasured you admeasured they admeasured
Present Continuous I am admeasuring you are admeasuring he/she/it is admeasuring we are admeasuring you are admeasuring they are admeasuring
Present Perfect I have admeasured you have admeasured he/she/it has admeasured we have admeasured you have admeasured they have admeasured
Past Continuous I was admeasuring you were admeasuring he/she/it was admeasuring we were admeasuring you were admeasuring they were admeasuring
Past Perfect I had admeasured you had admeasured he/she/it had admeasured we had admeasured you had admeasured they had admeasured
Future I will admeasure you will admeasure he/she/it will admeasure we will admeasure you will admeasure they will admeasure
Future Perfect I will have admeasured you will have admeasured he/she/it will have admeasured we will have admeasured you will have admeasured they will have admeasured
Future Continuous I will be admeasuring you will be admeasuring he/she/it will be admeasuring we will be admeasuring you will be admeasuring they will be admeasuring
Present Perfect Continuous I have been admeasuring you have been admeasuring he/she/it has been admeasuring we have been admeasuring you have been admeasuring they have been admeasuring
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been admeasuring you will have been admeasuring he/she/it will have been admeasuring we will have been admeasuring you will have been admeasuring they will have been admeasuring
Past Perfect Continuous I had been admeasuring you had been admeasuring he/she/it had been admeasuring we had been admeasuring you had been admeasuring they had been admeasuring
Conditional I would admeasure you would admeasure he/she/it would admeasure we would admeasure you would admeasure they would admeasure
Past Conditional I would have admeasured you would have admeasured he/she/it would have admeasured we would have admeasured you would have admeasured they would have admeasured
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's shareascertain ,
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"
admeasure verb To set aside or distribute as a share:
admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share