A Topical Dictionary: Search for Mete

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /miːt/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-mete.ogg

Homophones

meat, meet

Anagrams

meet, teem

Etymology 1

From , from {{term|meta|mēta|lang=la|post, goal, marker}}.

Noun

A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker.

Etymology 2

, from Germanic *, from Indo-European *{{term||med-|measure, consider}}. Cognate with Dutch , German , Swedish ; and (from Indo-European) with Greek {{term|sc=Grek|μέδεσθαι|tr=médesthai||care for}}, Latin {{term|metiri|mētīrī|to measure}}.

Verb

To measure.
* 1611 — w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible, King James, Matthew|Matthew 7:2
*: For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
* 1833 — w:Alfred Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson, s:Ulysses|Ulysses
*: Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
*: Unequal laws unto a savage race

Translations

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Italian

Noun

mete

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English "mēte" Note: The oldest root according to multiple sources is the Old English. However, there the Indo-European Root mē- has multiple entries and variants. For an online reference check Bartleby.com's list of Indo-European Roots1 (Note: Begin there but use the navigation link on their site to explore the next four entries for the root word).

Noun

mēte Middle English alternative spelling of mēte: met, methe, meate, meit(e, mette, meitte, mate & (early) mæte, (sg. gen. mætes), Pl. mtes & mten.)

meat
food
dream
equal
boundary, target, point, position

Verb

mēte ''Middle English alternative spelling of mēte: meten, meete

to dream
to meet, come together

Adjective

mēte ''Middle English alternative spelling of mēte: meete

suitable, fitting, appropriate
pleasing, also accommodating and useful
right shape or size, well-fitting

Adverb

mēte

appropriately
copiously

For Usage Examples of All Forms

Please consult resources such as The Middle English Dictionary (M.E.D.)2 as an online resource. Also The Riverside Chaucer3 contains the complete works of Chaucer, has nearly all of the variant meanings used and to make the word easier to locate the book contains a glossary in the back broken up by meaning followed by its precise location in the text.

--User:C. Foodman|C. Foodman 03:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *

Noun

food

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\, n.
Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] [AS.
m?tan.]
To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
"I mette of him all night." --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Meting.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m[aum]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ?
a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure.
[root]99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]
To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule
or standard; to measure.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\, v. i.
To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in the phrase metes and bounds.
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WordNet mete
n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border,
borderline, delimitation]

Moby Dictionary
accord , administer , afford , allocate , allot , allow , apportion ,
appraise , appreciate , assay , assess , assign , award , bestow ,
bestow on , calculate , calibrate , caliper , check a parameter ,
communicate , compute , confer , deal , deal out , dial , disburse ,
dish out , dispense , disperse , dispose , distribute , divide , dole ,
dole out , donate , estimate , evaluate , extend , fathom , fork out ,
gauge , gift , gift with , give , give freely , give out , graduate ,
grant , hand out , heap , help to , impart , issue , lavish , let have ,
measure , measure out , mensurate , mete out , meter , offer , pace ,
parcel out , pass around , pass out , pay out , plumb , portion out ,
pour , present , prize , probe , proffer , quantify , quantize , rain ,
rate , render , serve , share out , shell out , shower , size , size up ,
slip , snow , sound , span , spoon out , step , survey , take a reading ,
tender , triangulate , valuate , value , vouchsafe , weigh , yield