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mensurate, ~im [LL] 1 according to measure. mensuratus ‥ et ~e et ~im adverbia ambo in uno sensu Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 350; vinum ‥ debet distribui non †mensurare [l. ~e] sed quantum viderit necesse Obed. Abingd. 399. 2 in accordance with measurements taken, to measure. quas [botas] ob suam largitatem nullus poterit aut debet refutare, sed eas postea sub camerarius ‥ usui fratrum faciet ~e parari Cust. Westm. 151 (= Cust. Cant. 197). 3 within certain limits, to a certain point. omnia ~e fiant propter pusillanimes, ut absque murmurationibus sint Ord. Vit. VIII 26 p. 439; non ergo infinite potest Deus concurrere cum quolibet, sed ~e cum agentibus secundum proporcionem ad eorum potencias Wycl. Log. II 152. 4 in due measure or proportion, adequately. pro captu audientium oportune et ~e verbi dapes suggerere Bede Hom. II 2. 111; in omni comitiva ~e jocundus Eul. Hist. III 57.

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