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mesurablement (c.1165)
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mesurablement (c.1165)

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musurablement  
  FEW:  mensurabilis 6/i,723b Gdf:  mesurablement 5,311a GdfC: ∅ TL: mesurable (mesurablement) 5,1708 DEAF:  mesurer (mesurablement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1moderately, in moderation: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Il en (=valuable goods) prist mesurablement  marie Lais 175.647
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  solon ço que li tens de la gaignerie requera e les eissues de la terre poront musurablement soffrir reisnablement  Magna Carta 357.5
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Le dimeine put pessun manger [...] E beivre el ke ewe put ensement Mes ke ceo seit mesurablement  Lum Lais ANTS 10270
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Il ne porte pas mout de avoir ou lui, fors ses despenses mesurablement  Ancren2 117.21
2in a way characterized by restraint, moderation: 
( c.1185 )  curteis fu, de bone escole, Mult mesurablement parole  Proth ANTS 5486
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mesurablement Loez tute gent Deske a l'espruver  cato everard ants 985

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See also:

desmesurablement  mesurable  mesure1  mesurément  mesurer1 
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