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Measuring   /mˈɛʒərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Measure  v. t.  (past & past part. measured; pres. part. measuring)  
1.
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise. "Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite Thy power! what thought can measure thee?"
2.
To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
3.
To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance. "A true devoted pilgrim is not weary To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps."
4.
To adjust by a rule or standard. "To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires."
5.
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." "That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun."
To measure swords with one, to try another's skill in the use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's abilities against an antagonist's.


Measure  v. i.  
1.
To make a measurement or measurements.
2.
To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
3.
To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.


adjective
Measuring  adj.  Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.
Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
Measuring worm (Zool.), the larva of any geometrid moth. They are so called because they move by a process in which they first pull the rear legs forward toward their front legs, forming a loop which resembles the process of measuring with a tape measure. The motion is completed by subsequently moving the front legs forward to an advanced position. See Geometrid.





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"Measuring" Quotes from Famous Books



... to phone," he said slowly, as if measuring his words. "You have given me a son. That pleases me ...
— The Calm Man • Frank Belknap Long
... kings in measuring out the land put the Imperial territory in the centre. Inside was the Chinese Empire, and outside were the barbarous nations. The barbarians are covetous and greedy of gain. Their hair hangs down over their ...
— An Inevitable Awakening • ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN
... during one generation. It also outlines the plan of God touching the work of each disciple, each individual church, and the church universal. Here is the pattern. With hunger to know and willingness to do should every disciple study this pattern book. Am I measuring up to the plan of God? Is this church measuring up to ...
— A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible - Second Edition • Frank Nelson Palmer
... measuring each piece of luggage with his eye, silently apportioning it a place in the car, I felt as I had felt at "Monte" when, at roulette, as many as three of my hard-won five franc pieces might easily go "bang," like the ...
— My Friend the Chauffeur • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... promised his benefactor in the first flush of his gratitude that if ever he could discharge the obligation under which he lay, he would do so at any cost and with the sincerest joy. Poor, guileless Derblay! measuring the words of others by the same simple and honest standard of truth by which he was used to mete his own sayings and promises, he innocently believed in the sterling worth of his debtor's assurance, and starting off to visit him with his ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15, - No. 90, June, 1875 • Various


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