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Meek
Meek\, a. [Compar. Meeker; superl. Meekest.] [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj?kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam?dei gentleness.]1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. Not the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3. 2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her meek prayer." --Chaucer. Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle.Meek
Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Language Translation for : meek
Spanish:
manso, paciente,
German:
sanftmütig,
Japanese:
おとなしい
meek
c.1200, "gentle, courteous, kind," from O.N. mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from P.Gmc. *meukaz (cf. Goth. muka-modei "humility," Du. muik "soft"), of uncertain origin. Use to translate L. mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from 1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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