n. [ LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration. ] Same as Admeasurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. censualis, fr. census. ] Relating to, or containing, a census. [ 1913 Webster ]

He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ L. census, fr. censere. See Censor. ] 1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A general census of the United States was first taken in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten years since. [ 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 ]

a. [ See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual. ] 1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Consent. ] Agreement; accord; consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ensuing; following. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ensued p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing. ] [ OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue. ] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [ Obs. ] “Seek peace, and ensue it.” 1 Pet. iii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. subsequent, or occurring as a result; as, ensuing events confirmed the prediction.
Syn. -- following; succeeding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + sensuous. ] Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

That intermediate door
Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form
And form insensuous. Mrs. Browning. [ 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 ]

a. [ L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F. sensuel. ] 1. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far as creation's ample range extends,
The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly. [ 1913 Webster ]

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Jude 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sensualisme. ] 1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philos.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Ethics) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Krauth-Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. sensualiste. ] 1. One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Sensual. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. sensualité, L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation. ] The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those pampered animals
That rage in savage sensuality. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by any sensuality. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sensualized p. pr. & vb. n. Sensualizing ] To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized. T. H. Skinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sensual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]