meet
verb (used with object)
to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter.
meetness
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a word derived from
meet.
Example Sentences
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Did they sit in that dim sweetness Of attained love's after-calm, Marking not the world—its meetness, Marking Time not, nor his fleetness, Only happy, palm to palm?
From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Austin Dobson
“There is meetness in all things,” said the old lady, picking up her distaff.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
Oh! does it add to Chloë's sweetness To visit and compare my meetness?
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay
These the deep, tender records, Sacred in all their meetness, That, wakening purest fancies, Soften us with their sweetness; As, gathered where flickering fagots burn, We welcome the holy season's return.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Robert Haven Schauffler
The Daffodil most dainty is, To match with these in meetness; The Columbine compared to this, All much alike for sweetness.
From Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
