4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Measured \Meas"ured\, adjective 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"ured*ly}, adverb From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Measure \Meas"ure\, verb (used with an object) [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. Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite Thy power! what thought can measure thee? --Milton. 2. To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature. 3. To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance. A true devoted pilgrim is not weary To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. --Shak. 4. To adjust by a rule or standard. To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires. --Jer. Taylor. 5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. --Matt. vii. 2. That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun. --Addison. {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. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: measured adjective 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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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