mete

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[ meet ]
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verb (used with object),met·ed, met·ing.
  1. to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.

  2. Archaic. to measure.

Origin of mete

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

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  • un·met·ed, adjective

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mete2
[ meet ]

noun
  1. a limiting mark.

  2. a limit or boundary.

Origin of mete

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

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Met.E.

abbreviation
  1. metallurgical engineer.

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British Dictionary definitions for mete (1 of 2)

mete1

/ (miːt) /


verb(tr)
  1. (usually foll by out) formal to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)

verb, noun
  1. poetic, dialect (to) measure

Origin of mete

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

Origin of mete

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

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