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動詞

keep measures (三人称単数 現在形 keeps measures, 現在分詞 keeping measures, 過去形および過去分詞形 kept measures)

1. (obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare-characters:

     He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.

2. (obsolete) To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.). [18th–19th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:

     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.