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

n. [ OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See Assure. ] 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brave men meet danger with assurance. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Betrothal; affiance. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See Insurance. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Hind. Myth.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. caesuras L. Cæsuræ /plu> [ L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise. ] A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the following line the cæsura is between study and of. [ 1913 Webster ] The prop | er stud | y ‖ of | mankind | is man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cæsura. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cæsural pause, a pause made at a cæsura. [ 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. See Cæsura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cæsural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Co- + insurance. ] Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. Commensurable. ] Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional. [ 1913 Webster ]

She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done. I. Walton. [ 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. Of or pertaining to a commissure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cynosure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A form of medical insurance that pays for all or part of the fees for a person's residence and treatment in a hospital. [ PJC ]

n. The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + measurable: cf. F. measurable. Cf. Immensurable, Unmeasurable. ] Incapable of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of depth immeasurable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immeasurable manner or degree. “Immeasurably distant.” Wordsworth. [ 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. [ From Insure. ] Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured. [ 1913 Webster ]

The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed the insurable interest which remained in the insured at the time of the subscription thereof. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Insure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy. Johnson's Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The premium paid for insuring property or life. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sum for which life or property is insured. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence: Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution; as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against injury. [ PJC ]

Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. --
Endowment insurance or
Endowment assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. Also called whole life insurance. --
Fire insurance. See under Fire. --
Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance. --
Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. --
Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. --
Life insurance. See under Life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

hose bold insurancers of deathless fame. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The person insured, called also the insured. Champness. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ See Leisure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leisurely. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At leisure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being measurable.
Syn. -- quantifiability. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See Measure, and cf. Mensurable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. Latimer. [ 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 ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time. [ 1913 Webster ]