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To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off. (n.).

To be of a certain size or quantity; or to have a certain length; breadth; or thickness; or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as; cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter. (v. i.).

To result; or turn out; on measuring; as; the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally. (v. i.).

To make a measurement or measurements. (v. i.).

The dimensions or capacity of anything; reckoned according to some standard; size or extent; determined and stated; estimated extent; as; to take one's measure for a coat. (n.).

The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. (n.).

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases; in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. (n.).

Determined extent; not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share; as of action; influence; ability; or the like; due proportion. (n.).

The quantity determined by measuring; especially in buying and selling; as; to give good or full measure. (n.).

To serve as the measure of; as; the thermometer measures changes of temperature. (n.).

Regulated division of movement (n.).

To adjust by a rule or standard. (n.).

A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but; especially; a slow and stately dance; like the minuet. (n.).

The group or grouping of beats; caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. (n.).

The space between two bars. (n.).

The manner of ordering and combining the quantities; or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence; a foot; as; a poem in iambic measure. (a.).

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases; the common measure; the greatest common measure; etc.; of two or more numbers. (a.).

A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as; political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure. (a.).

The act of measuring; measurement. (a.).

Beds or strata; as; coal measures; lead measures. (a.).

To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent; quantity; dimensions; or capacity of; by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence; to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise. (n.).

Undefined quantity; extent; degree. (n.).

To pass throught or over in journeying; as if laying off and determining the distance. (n.).

An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured; as a graduated line; rod; vessel; or the like. (n.).

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence; a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged. (n.).