mete
1to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
Archaic. to measure.
Origin of mete
1Other words for mete
Other words from mete
- un·met·ed, adjective
Other definitions for mete (2 of 3)
a limiting mark.
a limit or boundary.
Origin of mete
2Other words for mete
Other definitions for Met.E. (3 of 3)
metallurgical engineer.
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How to use mete in a sentence
The unfortunate reality is that race, gender, and economic status do matter when justice is meted out.
The Post-Brown and Garner Question: Who ‘Deserves’ to Die? | Goldie Taylor | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWill they escape the harsh punishment meted out to the Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ dancers?
The Blinged-Up Rich Kids of Tehran on Instagram | Lizzie Crocker | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions.
The Heroic Lesbian Couple of Oklahoma Who Fought for Equal Marriage—and Won | Randy R. Potts | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDraconian punishments were meted out to supposed sinners and traitors.
Saddam’s Former Deputy, the Red Skull of Baghdad, Still at Large in Iraq and Allied With ISIS | Jacob Siegel, Christopher Dickey | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in this case the system was exact and precise in the punishment meted out—he deserves every one of those 1,000 years.
Ariel Castro’s Victim Fantasy—and Why Prison Will Make It Worse | Mansfield Frazier | August 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He had meted out stern justice to his own son, when he had banished big Reginald to South America; but he had his virtues.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe had apparently forgotten the terrible role he had accepted and the doom he had meted out to her enemies.
The Man of the Forest | Zane GreyA much milder punishment was meted out to the Comtesse de Soissons.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeMore tragic even was the punishment meted out to the Jewish informers who betrayed their people to the enemy.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikAnother bloody tyrant was dead, by the violence which he had meted out to so many others, and they were glad.
Aurelian | William Ware
British Dictionary definitions for mete (1 of 2)
/ (miːt) /
(usually foll by out) formal to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)
poetic, dialect (to) measure
Origin of mete
1British Dictionary definitions for mete (2 of 2)
/ (miːt) /
rare a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)
Origin of mete
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