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单词 remeasure
释义

remeasurev.

Brit. /ˌriːˈmɛʒə/, U.S. /riˈmɛʒər/
Forms: see re- prefix and measure v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, measure v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + measure v. Compare Middle French, French remesurer (12th cent. in Old French), Old Occitan remesurar (1490).
transitive. To measure again (in various senses of the verb).
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > again
remeasure1587
retraverse1647
rejourney1661
retravel1754
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > count or measure out > again
remeasure1587
the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > again
remeasurea1711
regauge1737
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 54/1 With what measure yee meat vnto other, with the same by other shall it be remeasured [1577 measured] vnto you.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii3 Her wearie Palfrey..She freshly dight, His late miswandred wayes now to remeasure right.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 9 With like measure to his brother giuen, it should be remeasured to him againe.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 238 Their Faith and Integrity in re-measuring (or reforming) the Temple of God.
a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 396 Assur'd of Supplemental Years, By your re-measuring the Spheres.
1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life II. 204 This obliged me to re~measure back the road I had just come.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 214 Measuring and re-measuring, with..tremendous strides, the length of the terrace. View more context for this quotation
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 119 The line should be..re-measured in the boat.
1923 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 10 117 When a new lot was measured and tagged, those previously tagged and measured were remeasured.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 656/2 Many of the original plates cannot be remeasured using modern techniques.

Derivatives

reˈmeasurement n. [ < re- prefix + measurement n., after remeasure v.; compare French remesurement (1576 in Middle French)]
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > again
remeasurement1785
1785 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 440 The operation of re-measurement was then begun.
1794 Kentish Traveller's Compan. (ed. 4) ii. 96 The twentieth mile-stone was placed at the bottom of the hill; but, on a re-measurement of the road, it is removed forward.
1895 Daily News 10 Sept. 3/1 The re-measurement will increase Defender's time allowance by two seconds.
1993 D. B. Botkin Forest Dynamics v. 142 Typically either one remeasurement had been missed, the methods of measurements had changed, or the plot was large and trees were not located within the plot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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