| 释义 |
commeasure, v.|kəˈmɛʒ(j)ʊə(r), -ʒə-|
[f. com- + measure v.]
1. trans. To measure as an exact equivalent; to equal in measure, be coextensive with.
1614Bp. Hall No Peace with Rome §18 What an absurd opposition is this..that a thing should be fitly commeasured by one place, and yet be in almost infinite. a1656― Soul's Farewell 12 See all this happiness not limited to thousands nor yet millions of years, but commeasured by no less than eternity. c1832Tennyson Œnone 164 Until..the full⁓grown will, Circled thro' all experiences, pure law, Commeasure perfect freedom.
2. To measure (a thing) with (another).
a1861Clough Early Poems xiii. 38 A love, wherewith commeasured this Is weak and beggarly. |