mete
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[ meet ]
/ mit /
verb (used with object), met·ed, met·ing.
to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
Archaic.
to measure.
Origin of mete
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before 900; Middle English; Old English
metan; cognate with Dutch
meten, Old Norse
meta, Gothic
mitan, German
messen to measure, Greek
mḗdesthai to ponder
OTHER WORDS FROM mete
un·met·ed, adjectiveWords nearby mete
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British Dictionary definitions for meted (1 of 2)
mete
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/ (miːt) /
verb (tr)
(usually foll by out) formal
to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)
verb, noun
poetic, dialect
(to) measure
Word Origin for mete
Old English
metan; compare Old Saxon
metan, Old Norse
meta, German
messen to measure
British Dictionary definitions for meted (2 of 2)
mete
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/ (miːt) /
noun
rare
a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)
Word Origin for mete
C15: from Old French, from Latin
mēta goal, turning post (in race)