Definition of measure

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

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Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..
Hemadynamometer :: Hemadynamometer (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer..
Commensurate :: Commensurate (a.) Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities..
Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure.
Immeasurable :: Immeasurable (a.) Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
Alnage :: Alnage (n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement..
Myriare :: Myriare (n.) A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Intone :: Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate..
Prepare :: Prepare (v. i.) To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death..
Admeasurer :: Admeasurer (n.) One who admeasures.
Productive :: Productive (a.) Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable..
Cab :: Cab (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints..
Diaphemetric :: Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses..
Tale :: Tale (v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated..
Course :: Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race..
Mete :: Mete (v. i.) To measure.
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive..
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