to measure
Examples
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.
Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.
Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure, Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me.
Never use a dwarf to measure the depth of the water.
Others will measure you with the same rod you use to measure them.