5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; — often with out or off. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matt. vii. 2. That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun. Addison. To measure swords with one, to try another's skill in the use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's abilities against an antagonist's.
MEASURE
Meas"ure, v. i.
1. To make a measurement or measurements.
2. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
3. To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
MEASURED
Meas"ured, a.
Defn: Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. — Meas"ured*ly, adv.
MEASURELESS
Meas"ure*less, a.
Defn: Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.
— Meas"ure*less*ness, n.
Syn.
— Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast;
immense; infinite; immeasurable. Where Alf, the sacred river ran,
Through canyons measureless to man, Down to a hidden sea. Coleridge