Definition of measure

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Measure (v. i.) 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..

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Repressive :: Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures..
Decalitre :: Decalitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons..
Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
Indicated :: Indicated (a.) Shown; denoted; registered; measured.
League :: League (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each..
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps..
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
Commeasurable :: Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
Holometer :: Holometer (n.) An instrument for making of angular measurements.
Trimeter :: Trimeter (n.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Line :: Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
Mismeasure :: Mismeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate incorrectly.
Result :: Result (v. i.) To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil..
Distance :: Distance (n.) The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place..
Metely :: Metely (a.) According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate.
After-note :: After-note (n.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note..
Actinometric :: Actinometric (a.) Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure..
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