measured

measured
    adj 1: having notes of fixed rhythmic value [syn: {mensural},
           {measured}, {mensurable}]
    2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: {measured},
       {metrical}, {metric}]
    3: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
       "with measured irony" [syn: {deliberate}, {calculated},
       {measured}]
    4: unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same
       measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: {careful},
       {deliberate}, {measured}]
    

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.
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            Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite
            Thy power! what thought can measure thee? --Milton.
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   2. To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures
      changes of temperature.
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   3. To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off
      and determining the distance.
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            A true devoted pilgrim is not weary
            To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. --Shak.
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   4. To adjust by a rule or standard.
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            To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires
            by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by
      measure; -- often with out or off.
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            With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
            you again.                            --Matt. vii.
                                                  2.
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            That portion of eternity which is called time,
            measured out by the sun.              --Addison.
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   {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.
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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"ured*ly}, adv.
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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