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commeasuring

commeasuring is the present participle and gerund of commeasure.

Meaning of commeasure

Verb

commeasure (third-person singular simple present commeasures, present participle commeasuring, simple past and past participle commeasured)

  1. (transitive) To be commensurate with; to equal.
    • Dangers, and deeds, until endurance grow / Sinew'd with action and the full-grown will, / Circled thro' all experiences, pure law, / Commeasure perfect freedom.1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Œnone”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 126

Questions about commeasuring

What is commeasuring the present participle and gerund of?
Commeasuring is the present participle and gerund of commeasure.

Words near commeasuring in the dictionary

  1. commeasurable
  2. commeasurate
  3. commeasure
  4. commeasured
  5. commeasures
  6. commeasuring
  7. commedia
  8. commedia dell'arte
  9. commedias
  10. commedias dell'arte
  11. commedie dell'arte

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