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mete
1[ meet ]
mete
2[ meet ]
noun
- a limiting mark.
- a limit or boundary.
Synonyms: bound
mete
1/ miːt /
verb
- formal.usually foll by out to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)
verb
- poetic.(to) measure
mete
2/ miːt /
noun
- rare.a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds )
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Other Words From
- un·meted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Womankind has long known that style can be used as a weapon to mete out psychological torment.
Navarro worries that may mean the politically powerful Flores family will mete out their own brand of justice.
That's why Google has decided to slowly mete out the "invites" to its new Google Voice telephone service.
Indeed, Uncle Frank must endeavor to keep in mind, that with what measure we mete it shall be measured to us again.
For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Nothing would be more unworthy of this nation, than with a mean and mechanical rule, to mete out the splendour of the Crown.
Nan ancre seruant ne ahte bi rihte to easkin iset hure bute mete hure ha mei flutte bi; ant godes milce.
Petruchio, in "The Taming of the Shrew," calls the tailor's measuring-yard his mete-yard.
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