admeasurementn.

Brit.

/adˈmɛʒəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ædˈmɛʒərm(ə)nt/

Forms: early Middle English amesurement, 1500s admysurement, 1500s– admeasurement.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French admesurement ; admeasure v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: Originally (i) < Anglo-Norman admesurement, amesurement measuring and assessment of dower, pasture, etc. (a1292 or earlier; compare Middle French amesurement moderation (c1255 in Old French); < amesurer , admesurer admeasure v. + -ment -ment suffix));. In later use directly (ii) < admeasure v. + -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin amensuramentum (1203 in amensuramentum dotis : see admeasurement of dower at sense 1). Compare also Anglo-Norman amesure , amesurance , admensuratione all in sense ‘admeasurement’ (all a1295 or earlier; compare admensuration n.).

1. Chiefly Law. The ascertainment and apportionment of just shares in something, as in an inheritance or common land; a writ ordering that this be done (esp. in admeasurement of dower, admeasurement of pasture). Also more generally: apportionment, allocation. Cf. measurement n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion

admeasurementa1325

measurementa1325

apportion1628

apportionment1628

admensuration1766

prorating1876

proration1904

prorationing1930

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 37 Ȝif playt is imoeued þoru writ of amesurement of pasture [etc.].

1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. viii As well in this writ as in admysurement of pasture the proces shalbe [etc.].

1650–4 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 374 A further admeasurement of corn among his army.

1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 184 Admeasurement lyes between Commoners.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 238 By writ of admeasurement of pasture.

1839 Calcutta Monthly Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 116/1 If a pottadar is found to hold more land than that which his pottah specifies, the zemindar may compel a fresh admeasurement.

1894 Pacific Reporter 34 1087/2 Phoebe A. Vance applied for an admeasurement to her of a probate homestead in decedent's land.

1940 Calif. Law Rev. 29 10 There was no necessity of stating with exactness the precise principles which should govern the admeasurement of the share of each co-owner.

1985 Law & Hist. Rev. 3 20 The maxim probably did not determine the venue for admeasurement of dower.

2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law ii. 79 Admeasurement as a communal and discretionary method of deciding rights may be contrasted with the process of adjudication between rights of competing individuals through application of rules in a court of law.

a. The action or process of measuring something; esp. formal ascertainment of the dimensions, size, etc., of something. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun]

i-metOE

metingc1350

measurea1382

measuringa1398

commensuration1555

dimension1555

mensuration?a1560

measurement1590

dimensuration1593

admeasurement1610

admensuration1670

evaluation1780

quantification1851

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia To Rdr. sig. A3 What greater iniquity in the vsing admeasurements in Grounds than in Graine?

a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. (1831) XIII. 377 In some counties they are not much acquainted with admeasurement by acre.

1666 H. Oldenburg Let. 16 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 252 The survey and admeasurement of all such Foundations is to be forthwith taken in hand.

1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge ii. 12 I was forc'd to make many admeasurements and repeated, before I could obtain an exact ground-plot.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 iii. 326 When the terror is so great, no dependance can be placed upon the admeasurement of time in any person's mind.

1833 Foreign Q. Rev. July 49 To allow our moderate and timid criticism to attempt an admeasurement of his actual dimensions.

1888 H. S. Russell Genesis of Queensland 83 The mean elevation of Liverpool Plains above the sea shore..has always been considered much greater than recent admeasurement has given.

1920 America's Merchant Marine (Bankers Trust Co. N.Y.) xxv. 200 He supervises laws concerning admeasurement of vessels and similar matters.

1966 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 90 231 The tonnage..was that calculated on the formula of 1695, either by actual admeasurement..or by educated comparative estimate.

2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 July 8/7 All that parcel of land..containing by admeasurement from east to west fifty feet and from north to south one hundred and ten feet.

b. A dimension, quantity, etc., ascertained by formal measurement; size, dimensions, proportions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun]

greatness1381

measurea1382

quantitya1387

muchnessa1398

sizea1400

largec1400

micklec1400

moisonc1400

of suingc1400

bignessc1475

assize1481

proportions1481

bodya1500

dimension1529

measuring1529

wideness1535

bind1551

corporance1570

magnitude1570

mickledom1596

amplitude1599

breadth1609

extendure1613

extension1614

extent1623

extensure1631

dimense1632

dimensity1655

bulkiness1674

bulksomeness1674

admeasurement1754

calliper1819

acreage1846

1754 J. Hill Urania at Longitude An arc of the equator..is fifteen degrees. This is the great admeasurement, and from this all the rest follows.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 191 The middle term for the rest of France is about 900 inhabitants to the same admeasurement .

1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xxvii. 465 Accurate admeasurements in feet and cubits seem as if they must relate to a visible, not to an invisible fabric.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxii. 380 His steam-yacht Pan, of considerable admeasurement.

1921 Times 16 July 4/6 The usual business-like admeasurements and details are given, showing the accommodation of the Holy Island stronghold.

1990 Offshore (Nexis) July 21 It will be necessary..to limit admeasurement to under 500 gross tons.

†3. Comparison (with something or someone). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar

comparison1340

likeningc1390

comparing1489

equiparation1623

analogy1645

assimilating1781

admeasurement1819

assimilation1855

1819 Christian Observer June 397/2 Without touching the height of admeasurement with the..attainments of the heavenly virtues.

1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 11 June 521/3 Too low for admeasurement with Spenser.

1862 J. Green Discourses 229 His works..were extraordinary..in so peculiar a degree, as not to be of any admeasurement with the works or doings that with the people..were habitual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	admeasurement
释义	admeasurementn. Brit. /adˈmɛʒəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ædˈmɛʒərm(ə)nt/ Forms: early Middle English amesurement, 1500s admysurement, 1500s– admeasurement. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French admesurement ; admeasure v., -ment suffix. Etymology: Originally (i) < Anglo-Norman admesurement, amesurement measuring and assessment of dower, pasture, etc. (a1292 or earlier; compare Middle French amesurement moderation (c1255 in Old French); < amesurer , admesurer admeasure v. + -ment -ment suffix));. In later use directly (ii) < admeasure v. + -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin amensuramentum (1203 in amensuramentum dotis : see admeasurement of dower at sense 1). Compare also Anglo-Norman amesure , amesurance , admensuratione all in sense ‘admeasurement’ (all a1295 or earlier; compare admensuration n.). 1. Chiefly Law. The ascertainment and apportionment of just shares in something, as in an inheritance or common land; a writ ordering that this be done (esp. in admeasurement of dower, admeasurement of pasture). Also more generally: apportionment, allocation. Cf. measurement n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion admeasurementa1325 measurementa1325 apportion1628 apportionment1628 admensuration1766 prorating1876 proration1904 prorationing1930 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 37 Ȝif playt is imoeued þoru writ of amesurement of pasture [etc.]. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. viii As well in this writ as in admysurement of pasture the proces shalbe [etc.]. 1650–4 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 374 A further admeasurement of corn among his army. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 184 Admeasurement lyes between Commoners. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 238 By writ of admeasurement of pasture. 1839 Calcutta Monthly Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 116/1 If a pottadar is found to hold more land than that which his pottah specifies, the zemindar may compel a fresh admeasurement. 1894 Pacific Reporter 34 1087/2 Phoebe A. Vance applied for an admeasurement to her of a probate homestead in decedent's land. 1940 Calif. Law Rev. 29 10 There was no necessity of stating with exactness the precise principles which should govern the admeasurement of the share of each co-owner. 1985 Law & Hist. Rev. 3 20 The maxim probably did not determine the venue for admeasurement of dower. 2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law ii. 79 Admeasurement as a communal and discretionary method of deciding rights may be contrasted with the process of adjudication between rights of competing individuals through application of rules in a court of law. 2. a. The action or process of measuring something; esp. formal ascertainment of the dimensions, size, etc., of something. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] i-metOE metingc1350 measurea1382 measuringa1398 commensuration1555 dimension1555 mensuration?a1560 measurement1590 dimensuration1593 admeasurement1610 admensuration1670 evaluation1780 quantification1851 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia To Rdr. sig. A3 What greater iniquity in the vsing admeasurements in Grounds than in Graine? a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. (1831) XIII. 377 In some counties they are not much acquainted with admeasurement by acre. 1666 H. Oldenburg Let. 16 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 252 The survey and admeasurement of all such Foundations is to be forthwith taken in hand. 1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge ii. 12 I was forc'd to make many admeasurements and repeated, before I could obtain an exact ground-plot. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 iii. 326 When the terror is so great, no dependance can be placed upon the admeasurement of time in any person's mind. 1833 Foreign Q. Rev. July 49 To allow our moderate and timid criticism to attempt an admeasurement of his actual dimensions. 1888 H. S. Russell Genesis of Queensland 83 The mean elevation of Liverpool Plains above the sea shore..has always been considered much greater than recent admeasurement has given. 1920 America's Merchant Marine (Bankers Trust Co. N.Y.) xxv. 200 He supervises laws concerning admeasurement of vessels and similar matters. 1966 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 90 231 The tonnage..was that calculated on the formula of 1695, either by actual admeasurement..or by educated comparative estimate. 2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 July 8/7 All that parcel of land..containing by admeasurement from east to west fifty feet and from north to south one hundred and ten feet. b. A dimension, quantity, etc., ascertained by formal measurement; size, dimensions, proportions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] greatness1381 measurea1382 quantitya1387 muchnessa1398 sizea1400 largec1400 micklec1400 moisonc1400 of suingc1400 bignessc1475 assize1481 proportions1481 bodya1500 dimension1529 measuring1529 wideness1535 bind1551 corporance1570 magnitude1570 mickledom1596 amplitude1599 breadth1609 extendure1613 extension1614 extent1623 extensure1631 dimense1632 dimensity1655 bulkiness1674 bulksomeness1674 admeasurement1754 calliper1819 acreage1846 1754 J. Hill Urania at Longitude An arc of the equator..is fifteen degrees. This is the great admeasurement, and from this all the rest follows. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 191 The middle term for the rest of France is about 900 inhabitants to the same admeasurement . View more context for this quotation 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xxvii. 465 Accurate admeasurements in feet and cubits seem as if they must relate to a visible, not to an invisible fabric. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxii. 380 His steam-yacht Pan, of considerable admeasurement. 1921 Times 16 July 4/6 The usual business-like admeasurements and details are given, showing the accommodation of the Holy Island stronghold. 1990 Offshore (Nexis) July 21 It will be necessary..to limit admeasurement to under 500 gross tons. †3. Comparison (with something or someone). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar comparison1340 likeningc1390 comparing1489 equiparation1623 analogy1645 assimilating1781 admeasurement1819 assimilation1855 1819 Christian Observer June 397/2 Without touching the height of admeasurement with the..attainments of the heavenly virtues. 1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 11 June 521/3 Too low for admeasurement with Spenser. 1862 J. Green Discourses 229 His works..were extraordinary..in so peculiar a degree, as not to be of any admeasurement with the works or doings that with the people..were habitual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1325
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