mete
1to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
Archaic. to measure.
Origin of mete
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Other words from mete
- un·met·ed, adjective
Other definitions for mete (2 of 3)
a limiting mark.
a limit or boundary.
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Other definitions for Met.E. (3 of 3)
metallurgical engineer.
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How to use mete in a sentence
In fiction coincidence has its metes and bounds beyond which it dare not step.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. CobbThe value of a thing is what it will fetch, no doubt, and yet that is a doctrine which metes out half-justice only.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesThe past was so recent that statesmen were timid, and they wanted their metes and bounds to be fixed by a monument.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneWith whatsoever measure a man or a woman metes out love, with that same measure it is returned.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadThen its metes and bounds were fixed by the fringe of kathekosity which circumscribed it.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. Browne
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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