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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English metan; cognate with Dutch meten, Old Norse meta, Gothic mitan, German messen to measure, Greek mḗdesthai to ponder
before 900; Middle English; Old English metan; cognate with Dutch meten, Old Norse meta, Gothic mitan, German messen to measure, Greek mḗdesthai to ponder
Related forms
un·met·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. deal, measure, parcel.
1. deal, measure, parcel.
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metallurgical engineer.
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mete1 (miːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | formal ( |
| —vb, —n | |
| 2. | poetic, dialect (to) measure |
| [Old English metan; compare Old Saxon metan, Old Norse meta, German messen to measure] | |
| mete2 (miːt) | |
| —n | |
| rare a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds) | |
| [C15: from Old French, from Latin mēta goal, turning post (in race)] | |
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Word Origin & History
mete
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. Related: Meted; meting.
mete
"boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, 1471, from O.Fr. mete, from L. meta "goal, boundary."
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Example sentences
Jeans-clad alchemists mete out grains and hops while kettles boil.
Next month the judge will mete out a sentence that could mean a lifetime in prison.
Based on news reports, if true, he deserves the harsh penalty the law will mete out to him.
These fellows are irritated because they can't discover who opposes them and mete out appropriate punishment.
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