admeasure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADMEAS'URE, verb transitive admezh'ur. [ad and measure. See Measure.] 1. To measure or ascertain dimensions, size or capacity; used for measure. 2. To apportion; to assign to each claimant has right; as, to admeasure dower or common of pasture.
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