admeasure

[ ad-mezh-er ]

verb (used with object)

, ad·meas·ured, ad·meas·ur·ing.

1. to measure off or out; apportion.
2. Nautical. to measure the dimensions and capacity of a vessel, as for official registration.

admeasure

/ ædˈmɛʒə /

verb

1. to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
2. tr to determine the dimensions, capacity, weight, and other details of (a vessel), as for an official registration, documentation, or yacht handicap rating

Derived Forms

• adˈmeasurement, noun

Other Words From

• ad·measur·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of admeasure¹

1300–50; Middle English amesuren < Middle French amesurer, with ad- replacing a- ⁵; measure

Word History and Origins

Origin of admeasure¹

C14: amesuren, from Old French amesurer, from mesurer to measure ; the modern form derives from ad- + measure