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单词 mensurate
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mensuratev.

Brit. /ˈmɛnʃ(ᵿ)reɪt/, /ˈmɛnsjᵿreɪt/, /ˈmɛns(ə)reɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)reɪt/, /ˈmɛnsəˌreɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mensurat-, mensurare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin mensurat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of mensurare to measure (see measure v.), perhaps after mensuration n.
Now rare.
transitive. To measure; to ascertain the size, extent, or quantity of.
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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).
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