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单词 admeasured
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admeasuredadj.

Brit. /adˈmɛʒəd/, U.S. /ædˈmɛʒərd/
Forms: Middle English amesured, 1700s– admeasured.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: admeasure v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < admeasure v. + -ed suffix1. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amesuré well-proportioned (c1185 or earlier), moderate (c1230 or earlier), prudent (a1340).
That is or has been admeasured (in various senses of the verb); measured; apportioned, allocated; †kept within bounds, temperate (obsolete).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measured
admeasured1340
metc1480
dimensurated1675
gauged1678
dimensioned1726
paced1953
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted
admeasured1340
assignedc1374
allocate1533
allotted?1567
lotted1567
allocated?1713
warded1894
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 257 (MED) Zuo ssolde he by wel ytempred and amesured ine hyerþe and ine lhestinge.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 17 Not testyf, hastyf, hoot ne angry but amesured and attemporat.
1788 D. Steel Ship-master's Assistant & Owner's Man. xv. 180 The proper officers of the customs..shall examine such ship or vessel, and take an account of the admeasured tonnage.
1847 C. Whitehead Smiles & Tears (1848) III. 285 We were..particularly minute in the admeasured circumference of an enormous cabbage.
1885 C. H. Wiltsie Parties to mortgage Foreclosures ii. i. 104 The decree of foreclosure should be for the sale of the remaining two-thirds in the first place, and then for the sale of the admeasured third.
1908 Regulations Customs Inspectors, Weighers, Gaugers, & Measurers (U.S. Division of Customs) 53 Where an admeasured vessel is a new American vessel, the inspectors will ascertain if her name and home port are painted on the stern.
1960 Analecta Hibernica 22 239 These particulars also included the names of the 1641 proprietors and the admeasured ‘profitable acres’ of each denomination.
1996 B. W. Edginton Charles Waterton i. 9 You get presented with the admeasured components of a jackass's caudal deposits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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