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keep measures en · VERB
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(obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation.
He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.
1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare-characters:
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(obsolete) To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.).
Upon my return to Bath, I was again harrassed by lord —, who came thither accompanied by my father, whom I was very glad to see, though he importuned me to comply with my husband's desire, and for the future keep measures with the world.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
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