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Dictionary: ad·meas·ure   (ăd-mĕzh'ər) pronunciation
tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -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).]

admeasurement ad·meas'ure·ment n.
admeasurer ad·meas'ur·er n.

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verb

    To set aside or distribute as a share: allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collect/distribute.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: determine the quantity of someone's share


 
 

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