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 meting out this punishment we did not take into account his past behavior,” Silver said.
The NBA’s War With Donald Sterling Is Just Getting Started | Robert Silverman | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCharges were filed against him, and now the institution is meting out the punishment for his actions.
Love Trumped Rules for Fired Methodist Rev. Frank Schaefer | Gene Robinson | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn private, he fantasized about meting out violent punishment to his enemies.
We are all flawed human beings, and this is not about meting out judgment.
Being Sunday the officers had hard work to get hands for meting it was so cold nothing more this day.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 | Abraham Tomlinson
Both Mukoki and Wabigoon had slipped the leashes that had long restrained them from meting first vengeance upon their enemies.
The Wolf Hunters | James Oliver CurwoodIt is believed that we have lived to see the meting out of some divine awards.
Revisiting the Earth | James Langdon HillThis last nearly brought Derby to the point of meting out punishment to the offenders.
The Title Market | Emily PostThe meting out of punishments by nines goes far back in history.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes | Lina Eckenstein
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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