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dimetiri

dimetiri [CL], ~ire , to measure. b to equal in measurement. c (p. ppl.) having elapsed. demensus [est], mensuravit GlC D 160; erat ‥ insula ‥ latis locorum dimensa sinibus B. V. Dunst. 3; in infinita annorum ‥ spatia stellarum motus dimensi sunt Adel. Elk. 3; si modum nesciat amor aut nequeat ~iri J. Godard Ep. 220; sepulcrum cui, si quis †accederit [v. l. accesserit] et se demetierit, inveniet mensure sue quantitatem (Mir. Britanniae) Eul. Hist. II 142 (cf. Diceto Chr. 13).  b [carcannus] undique colli superiora et inferiora ~iendo et percurrendo circumvolvens R. Cold. Cuthb. 20 (cf. ib.: pars [carcanni] inferior ‥ parietem ~ierat).  c 1299 demensis jam trium annorum curriculis Reg. Cant. 336.

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