"keep measures" meaning in English

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    {
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      "form": "kept measures",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare-characters:",
          "text": "He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To show restraint; to behave with moderation."
      ],
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          "moderation",
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        "(obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "keep measure"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "observe measures"
        }
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          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.)."
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      "links": [
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          "consideration",
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          "with",
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        "(obsolete) To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.)."
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  "word": "keep measures"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "keeps measures",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "keeping measures",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kept measures",
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      "form": "kept measures",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "He keeps no measure in his contempt for him.",
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        "To show restraint; to behave with moderation."
      ],
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          "restraint",
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        "(obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation."
      ],
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          "text": "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.",
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        "To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.)."
      ],
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          "with",
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        "(obsolete) To act in due consideration with (a person, opinion etc.)."
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    {
      "word": "keep measure"
    },
    {
      "word": "observe measures"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep measures"
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