Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MEAS-URE, v.t. [mezh'ur.]

1. To compute or ascertain extent, quantity, dimensions or capacity by a certain rule; as, to measure land; to measure distance; to measure the altitude of a mountain; to measure the capacity of a ship or of a cask.
2. To ascertain the degree of any thing; as, to measure the degrees of heat, or of moisture.
3. To pass through or over. We must measure twenty miles today. Shak. The vessel plows the sea, / And measures back with speed her former way. Dryden.
4. To judge of distance, extent or quantity; as, to measure any thing by the eye. Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power; what thought can measure thee! Milton.
5. To adjust; to proportion. To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires. Taylor.
6. To allot or distribute by measure. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matth. vii.