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Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. Latimer.

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure. Is. v. 14.

The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of mercury, or by exposure to its fumes, as in mining or smelting.

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as:

Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.

A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.

The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of tobacco.

Excessive; extravagant; inordinate. [Obs.]

Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif. For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton.

To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.] Milton.

iolence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. Chaucer. He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country. Spenser.

Excessive presumption. [R.] B. Jonson.

Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over. "So over violent." Dryden. He that gathered much had nothing over. Ex. xvi. 18.

The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. -- O"ver*anx"ious*ly, adv.

Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] Milton.

Excessively barren.