[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

measure \meas"ure\, v. t. imp.  p. p. measured; p. pr.  vb.
   n. measuring. f. mesurer, l. mensurare. see measure,
   n.
   1. to ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute
      or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity
      of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions
      of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to
      appraise.
      1913 webster

            great are thy works, jehovah, infinite
            thy power what thought can measure thee? --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures
      changes of temperature.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off
      and determining the distance.
      1913 webster

            a true devoted pilgrim is not weary
            to measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to adjust by a rule or standard.
      1913 webster

            to secure a contented spirit, measure your desires
            by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   5. to allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by
      measure; -- often with out or off.
      1913 webster

            with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
            you again.                            --matt. vii.
                                                  2.
      1913 webster

            that portion of eternity which is called time,
            measured out by the sun.              --addison.
      1913 webster

   to measure swords with one, to try another's skill in the
      use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's
      abilities against an antagonist's.
      1913 webster
see also:
measured measuring measure to measure swords with one 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

measured \meas"ured\, a.
   regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform;
   graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured
   steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. --
   meas"uredly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
meas"uredly 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

measured
     adj 1: determined by measurement; "the measured distance was less
            than a mile" ant: unmeasured
     2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables syn: metrical, metric
     3: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
        "with measured irony" syn: calculated, deliberate
     4: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
        "with all deliberate speed" syn: careful, deliberate
see also:
unmeasured metrical metric calculated deliberate careful 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

150 moby thesaurus words for "measured":
   a, accordant, admeasured, alike, alternate, an, antispastic, any,
   appraised, assessed, automatic, balanced, beating, cadenced,
   cadent, calculated, careful, cautious, certain, circling,
   concinnate, concinnous, considered, consistent, consonant,
   constant, continuous, correspondent, cyclic, dactylic, deliberate,
   dignified, epochal, equable, equal, euphonic, euphonical,
   euphonious, even, every other, exact, flat, flowing, fluent,
   frugal, gauged, harmonious, homogeneous, iambic, immutable,
   in numbers, in rhythm, intentional, intermittent, invariable,
   isochronal, known by measurement, leisurely, level, majestic,
   mapped, mechanical, metered, methodic, metric, metronomic,
   moderate, modulated, monolithic, monotonous, of a piece, one,
   ordered, orderly, oscillatory, periodical, persistent, planned,
   plotted, precise, predetermined, premeditated, prosodic, prudent,
   pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantified,
   quantitative, quantitive, quantized, reasoned, reciprocal,
   recurrent, recurring, regular, regulated, restrained, rhythmic,
   rhythmical, robotlike, rotary, scanning, seasonal, sedate, serial,
   slow, smooth, smooth-sounding, sober, solemn, some, sparing,
   spondaic, stable, stately, steadfast, steady, stinting, studied,
   surveyed, sweet, symmetrical, systematic, temperate, throbbing,
   triangulated, tripping, trochaic, unbroken, unchangeable,
   unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated,
   undiversified, undulant, undulatory, unhurried, uniform, unruffled,
   unvaried, unvarying, valuated, valued, wavelike, well-thought-out,
   wheeling

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