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meek

  [meek]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
3. Obsolete. gentle; kind.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjūkr soft, mild, meek

Related forms:
meekly, adverb
meekness, noun

Synonyms:
1. forbearing; yielding; unassuming; pacific, calm, soft. See gentle.
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meek   (mēk)   
adj.   meek·er, meek·est
  1. Showing patience and humility; gentle.
  2. Easily imposed on; submissive.

[Middle English meke, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mjūkr, soft.]
meek'ly adv.
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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
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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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