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keeping measures

keeping measures is the present participle and gerund of keep measures.

Meaning of keep measures

Verb

keep measures (third-person singular simple present keeps measures, present participle keeping measures, simple past and past participle kept measures)

  1. (obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation.
    • He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare-characters
  2. (obsolete) To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.).
    • Upon my return to Bath, I was again harrassed by lord —, who came thither accompanied by my father, whom I was very glad to see, though he importuned me to comply with my husband's desire, and for the future keep measures with the world.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about keeping measures

What is keeping measures the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping measures is the present participle and gerund of keep measures.

Words near keeping measures in the dictionary

  1. keeping it in the family
  2. keeping it moving
  3. keeping it one hundred
  4. keeping it together
  5. keeping it up
  6. keeping measures
  7. keeping off
  8. keeping off the street
  9. keeping off the streets
  10. keeping on
  11. keeping on about

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