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a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

-- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor. ] 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excommunication or other censure of the church. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Censured p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring. ] [ Cf. F. ensurer. ] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [ Obs. ] “Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of. [ 1913 Webster ]

I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak.

Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To judge. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who censures. Sha. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensurabilité. ] The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable. ] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Commensurable numbers or
Commensurable quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. --
Numbers commensurable in power, or
Quantities commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating. ] [ Pref. com- + mensurate. ] 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensuration. ] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To betroth. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Insurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Extension. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being immensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable. ] Immeasurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + mensurate. ] Unmeasured; unlimited. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + censurable: cf. F. incensurable. ] Not censurable. Dr. T. Dwight. -- In*cen"sur*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. incommensurabilité. ] The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable. ] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are quantities incommensurable. Burke.

-- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate.

-- In`com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. -- In`com*men"su*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A licensing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mensurabilité. ] The quality of being mensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mensurabilis, fr. mensurare to measure, fr. mensura measure: cf. F. mensurable. See Measurable, Measure. ] Capable of being measured; measurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mensuralis. ] Of or pertaining to measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. mensuratus, p. p. of mensurare. See Measure, v. ] To measure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mensuratio : cf. F. mensuration. ] 1. The act, process, or art, of measuring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To misjudge. [ Obs. ] Daniel. -- n. Erroneous judgment. [ Obs. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]