mete

before 900; Middle English; Old English metan; cognate with Dutch meten,Old Norse meta,Gothic mitan,German messen to measure, Greek mḗdesthai to ponder

OTHER WORDS FROM mete

un·met·ed, adjective

Definition for mete (2 of 3)

mete²

[ meet ]

/ mit /

noun

a limiting mark.

a limit or boundary.

SYNONYMS FOR mete

2 bound.

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Origin of mete

1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French <Latin mēta goal, turning post

Definition for mete (3 of 3)

Met.E.

abbreviation

metallurgical engineer.

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According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
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After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
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And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.
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Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
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I was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off.
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The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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It is sometimes met with in the sputum of catarrhal pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.
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In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
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Their glances met, she holding him always at arm's length by that grip upon his shoulders, a grip that was firm and nervous.
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British Dictionary definitions for mete (1 of 2)

mete¹

/ (miːt) /

verb (tr)

(usually foll by out) formal to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)

verb, noun

poetic, dialect (to) measure

Word Origin for mete

Old English metan; compare Old Saxon metan, Old Norse meta, German messen to measure

British Dictionary definitions for mete (2 of 2)

mete²

/ (miːt) /

noun

rare a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)

Word Origin for mete

C15: from Old French, from Latin mēta goal, turning post (in race)

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