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keeps measures

keeps measures is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 keeps measures

What is keeps measures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Keeps measures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep measures.

Words near keeps measures in the dictionary

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

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