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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.

mete

2  [meet]
–noun
1. a limiting mark.
2. a limit or boundary.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF < L mēta goal, turning post

Synonyms:
2. bound.

Met.E.

 
metallurgical engineer.
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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.]
mete 2   (mēt)   
n.  A boundary line; a limit.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mēta, turning post, boundary.]
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Word Origin & History

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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