admeasure
verb
ad·mea·sure ad-ˈme-zhər 
-ˈmā-
admeasured; admeasuring
transitive verb
: to determine the proper share of : apportion
Word History
Etymology
alteration (with initial a- conformed to Latin ad- ad-) of Middle English amesuren "to keep within measure, take the measure of," borrowed from Anglo-French amesurer, admesurer, from a- (going back to Latin ad-) + mesurer "to measure entry 2"
First Known Use
1534, in the meaning defined above
admeasured
verb
as in handed out
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- handed out
- doled out
- measured
- dispensed
- divided
- split
- administered
- assigned
- distributed
- dealt
- allotted
- prorated
- allocated
- parceled (out)
- lotted
- shared (out)
- apportioned
- metered
- awarded
- portioned
- granted
- parted
- meted (out)
- allowed
- parcelled (out)
- rationed
- earmarked
- contributed
- accorded
- reserved
- donated
- chipped in
- gave
- reassigned
- reapportioned
- reallocated
- redistributed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- denied
- deprived (of)
- withheld
- retained
- begrudged
- kept
- appropriated
- confiscated
- stinted
- arrogated
- maternity leave
- maters
- mates
- mateship
- mateships
- matest
- matey
- mateyness
- mateynesses
- mateys
- matfelons
- matgrass
- matgrasses
- math
- mathematic
- mathematical
- mathematical biologist
- mathematical biology
- mathematical expectation
- mathematical geography
- mathematical induction
- mathematical logic
- mathematically
- mathematician
- mathematicians