Synonyms

commeasure

American

[kuh-mezh-er] / kəˈmɛʒ ər /

verb (used with object)

commeasured, commeasuring

to equal in measure or extent; be coextensive with.

commeasure British

/ kəˈmɛʒə /

verb

(tr) to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc

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Other Word Forms

commeasurable

adjective

Etymology

Origin of commeasure

First recorded in 1605–15; com- + measure

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commeasuring

But in the commeasuring of our wages with our desert is part of our joy, because we see them neither less nor greater.

From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Paradise by Charles Eliot Norton

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