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mete

1  [meet]
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–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 mdesthai to ponder

Synonyms:
1. deal, measure, parcel.
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mete 1   (mēt)   
tr.v.   met·ed, met·ing, metes

  1. To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice.

  2. Archaic To measure.


[Middle English meten, from Old English metan; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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