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mete
metedeal; measure; dole: to mete out punishment Not to be confused with:meat – food; the flesh of animals; edible part of anything: the meat of a walnut; the essential part: the meat of the mattermeet – join: the roads meet here; become acquainted with: I’d like you to meet my friend.mete 1 M0182700 (mēt)tr.v. met·ed, met·ing, metes 1. To distribute or allot. Often used with out: mete out justice.2. Archaic To measure. [Middle English meten, from Old English metan; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
mete 2 M0182700 (mēt)n. A boundary line; a limit. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mēta, turning post, boundary.]mete (miːt) vb (tr) (usually foll by out) formal to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)vb, npoetic dialect (to) measure[Old English metan; compare Old Saxon metan, Old Norse meta, German messen to measure]
mete (miːt) n (Historical Terms) rare a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)[C15: from Old French, from Latin mēta goal, turning post (in race)]mete1 (mit) v.t. met•ed, met•ing. 1. to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usu. fol. by out): to mete out praise. 2. Archaic. to measure. [before 900; Middle English; Old English metan; c. Old High German mez(z)an to measure, akin to Old Irish midithir (he) judges, Greek mḗdesthai to provide for] mete2 (mit) n. 1. a limiting mark. 2. a limit or boundary: metes and bounds. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French < Latin mēta goal, turning post] mete Past participle: meted Gerund: meting
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I mete | you mete | he/she/it metes | we mete | you mete | they mete |
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I meted | you meted | he/she/it meted | we meted | you meted | they meted |
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I am meting | you are meting | he/she/it is meting | we are meting | you are meting | they are meting |
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I have meted | you have meted | he/she/it has meted | we have meted | you have meted | they have meted |
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I was meting | you were meting | he/she/it was meting | we were meting | you were meting | they were meting |
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I had meted | you had meted | he/she/it had meted | we had meted | you had meted | they had meted |
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I will mete | you will mete | he/she/it will mete | we will mete | you will mete | they will mete |
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I will have meted | you will have meted | he/she/it will have meted | we will have meted | you will have meted | they will have meted |
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I will be meting | you will be meting | he/she/it will be meting | we will be meting | you will be meting | they will be meting |
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I have been meting | you have been meting | he/she/it has been meting | we have been meting | you have been meting | they have been meting |
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I will have been meting | you will have been meting | he/she/it will have been meting | we will have been meting | you will have been meting | they will have been meting |
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I had been meting | you had been meting | he/she/it had been meting | we had been meting | you had been meting | they had been meting |
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I would mete | you would mete | he/she/it would mete | we would mete | you would mete | they would mete |
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I would have meted | you would have meted | he/she/it would have meted | we would have meted | you would have meted | they would have meted | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mete - a line that indicates a boundary border, borderline, boundary line, delimitationboundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of somethingcircumference, circuit - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"fence line - a boundary line created by a fenceproperty line - the boundary line between two pieces of propertystate boundary, state line - the boundary between two states |
meteverb1. To set aside or distribute as a share.Also used with out:admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out.2. Archaic. To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of:gauge, measure.Idiom: take the measure of.TranslationsIdiomsSeemete outEncyclopediaSeeMetaMedicalSeeMETMETE
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mete Related to mete: mete out, MTESynonyms for meteverb to set aside or distribute as a shareSynonyms- admeasure
- allocate
- allot
- allow
- apportion
- assign
- give
- lot
- measure out
verb to ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity ofSynonymsSynonyms for metenoun a line that indicates a boundarySynonyms- border
- borderline
- boundary line
- delimitation
Related Words- boundary
- bounds
- bound
- circumference
- circuit
- fence line
- property line
- state boundary
- state line
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