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kept measures

kept measures is the simple past and past participle 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 kept measures

What is kept measures the simple past and past participle of?
Kept measures is the simple past and past participle of keep measures.

Words near kept measures in the dictionary

  1. kept it moving
  2. kept it one hundred
  3. kept it together
  4. kept it up
  5. kept man
  6. kept measures
  7. kept men
  8. kept off
  9. kept off the street
  10. kept off the streets
  11. kept on

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