"Measure" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount, webster. The rule by which anything is adjusted or proportioned

The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular
recurrence of accented beats.

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according
to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated
extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying
and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off
and determining the distance.

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds;
moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with
measure; without or beyond measure.

To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures
changes of temperature.

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.

The act of measuring; measurement.

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted
share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.

To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a
certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according
to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a
tree measures three feet in diameter.

To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain
measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy;
a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object;
as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

An instrument by means of which size or quantity is
measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or
extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which
anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is
adjusted or judged.

A number which is contained in a given number a number of
times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the
greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by
measure; -- often with out or off.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

To make a measurement or measurements.

Regulated division of movement

The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or
long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in
iambic measure.

The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a
quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or
amount.

Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

The space between two bars.

Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.

A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which
the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and
stately dance, like the minuet.