How to Spell measuring
measuring
measuring - verb
- To choose or control with cautious restraint : regulate
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"measure his acts"
Etymology
Middle English {it}mesuren{/it} "to calculate the measurements of, determine the extent of by measuring, apportion, moderate, control, judge," borrowed from Anglo-French {it}mesurer,{/it} going back to Late Latin {it}mensūrāre{/it} "to calculate the measurements of," derivative of {it}mensūra{/it} measure:1