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[meet] 
–verb (used with object), met⋅ed, met⋅ing.
| 1. | to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually fol. by out): to mete out punishment. |
| 2. | Archaic. to measure. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. D meten, ON meta, Goth mitan, G messen to measure, Gk m
desthai to ponder
bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. D meten, ON meta, Goth mitan, G messen to measure, Gk m
desthai to ponderSynonyms:
1. deal, measure, parcel.
1. deal, measure, parcel.
mete
2 [meet] –noun
| 1. | a limiting mark. |
| 2. | a limit or boundary. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF < L mēta goal, turning post
1275–1325; ME < MF < L mēta goal, turning post
Synonyms:
2. bound.
2. bound.
Met.E.
| metallurgical engineer. |
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| mete 1 (mēt) tr.v. met·ed, met·ing, metes
[Middle English meten, from Old English metan; see med- in Indo-European roots.] |
| mete 2 (mēt) n. A boundary line; a limit. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mēta, turning post, boundary.] |
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Mete
Mete\, n. Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Mete
Mete\, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Mete
Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m["a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ? a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure. [root]99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.] To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.Mete
Mete\, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.Mete
Mete\, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
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Language Translation for : Mete
Spanish:
anacardo,
German:
der Chashewbaum,
Japanese:
カシューナッツ
mete (v.)
O.E. metan "to measure" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt, pp. meten), from P.Gmc. *metanan (cf. O.Fris., O.N. meta, Du. meten, Ger. messen, Goth. mitan "to measure"), probably ultimately from the same PIE base as meter. Only used now with out.
mete (n.)
"boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, 1471, from O.Fr. mete, from L. meta "goal, boundary."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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