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unˈmeasure [un-1 12.] †1. Lack of measure; excess. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 15543 Til vnmesur mismai yow noght. c1440Jacob's Well 303 So wast hath manye expensys and costys..in vnmesure & werkys, bareyn wyth-oute fruyte. 1598Florio, Dismisura, an vnmeasure, out of measure. 2. An improper or illegal measure.
1820Bentham Lib. Press Wks. 1843 II. 283/2 The last, though not the least, of all their fears is—lest un-measures, which..have already been taken..for the extinction of all power of controul [etc.]. |