Definition

1. Verb:
   • To determine the quantity of someone's share; to apportion or allot a specific portion. This is a formal and somewhat archaic term meaning to measure out or distribute something according to a rule, plan, or share.

Usage

• The verb "admeasure" is used in formal, legal, or historical contexts to describe the act of officially allocating portions of something, such as land, resources, or responsibilities.
• It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (what is being apportioned) and often an indirect object (to whom it is being apportioned).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The court will admeasure the estate among the heirs. (The court will determine and assign the specific share of the estate that each heir receives.)
  • The treaty admeasured the fishing rights in the coastal waters. (The treaty officially allotted specific fishing rights in the coastal waters.)
  • It was the steward's duty to admeasure the provisions for the long voyage. (It was the steward's duty to measure out and allocate the provisions for the long voyage.)

Advanced Usage

• "to admeasure something to someone": to formally allot or assign a portion of something to a person or group.
  • The king admeasured parcels of land to his loyal knights.
• Used in passive constructions to describe the state of having been allotted.
  • The duties were admeasured according to each department's capacity.

Variants and Related Words

• Admeasurement (n): The act or process of admeasuring; the portion or share that is allotted.
  • The admeasurement of the property was a complex legal process.
• Apportion (v): A more common modern synonym meaning to divide and allocate.
• Allot (v): To give or assign a share or portion.

Synonyms

• Apportion
• Allocate
• Allot
• Ration
• Met (archaic, in the sense of measuring out)

Notes

• "Admeasure" is a rare and formal word in contemporary English, primarily found in legal, historical, or technical texts. In most modern contexts, words like apportion, allocate, or allot are preferred.

Verb

1. determine the quantity of someone's share