Definition of "mesure" [mesure]

• A Middle English form of measure.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Unitarian clergy had given to the College a character of moderation, balance, judgment, restraint, what the French called mesure; excellent traits, which the College attained with singular success, so that its graduates could commonly be recognised by the stamp, but such a type of character rarely lent itself to autobiography."
• "Even Saint Bernard would have thought his ideas wanting in that "mesure" which the French mind so much prizes."
• "(What happens on the day after?) - celui qui a bu outre mesure a - “la gueule-de-bois” (= 'a hangover ')"