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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Admeasure \Ad*meas"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. OF amesurer LL admensurare See {Measure}.] 1. To measure. 2. (Law) To determine the proper share of or the proper apportionment; as to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. --Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing dimensions; size. 3. (Law) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement directed to the sheriff. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: admeasure v : determine the quantity of someone's share
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