单词 | mensurate |
释义 | mensuratev. Now rare. transitive. To measure; to ascertain the size, extent, or quantity of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] bemetec893 meteOE mensurec1429 gaugec1440 measure1456 to take a scantling of1585 fathom1611 admetiate1623 quantify1627 span1641 to take (also get) the measure of1650 mensurate1653 to take the gauge of1780 spoil1794 quantitate1900 pace1955 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 274 Those nine dimensions by which the longitude of the whole body is..mensurated. 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 10 This disjunction of parts must be such a disjoyner which mensurates the whole. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. v. 223 We..mensurate the fitness and adaptation of one part to another. 1897 Daily News 28 Jan. 7/2 Dr. Bertillon, the discoverer of the system of mensurating criminals. 1982 Ethics 92 203 It is enough that they are desires and that they inherently have varying degrees of intensity which may be mensurated in various ways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1653 |
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