I . n.
1.
Duration.
2.
Spell, season, interval, term, while, span, space of ~.
3.
Period, age, era, epoch, date, term.
4.
Delivery, parturition, confinement, hour of travail, period of childbirth.
5.
Fit season, proper ~, opportunity, season.
6.
Allotted period, appropriated ~.
7.
Occasion, particular period.
8.
Life, life~, duration of one's life.
9.
Present life, existence in this world.
10.
Leisure, vacant ~, unoccupied ~.
11.
( Mus. ) Measure.
II . v. a.
1.
Adapt to the occasion.
2.
Regulate ( as to ~ ).
3.
Note the rate of ( with respect to speed ).
4.
( Mus. ) Measure.