METE DEFINITIONS - 15 definitions found
mete n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) mete I. transitive verb (meted; meting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English metan; akin to Old High German mezzan to measure, Latin modus measure, Greek medesthai to be mindful of Date: before 12th century 1. archaic measure 2. to give out by measure ; dole — usually used with out <mete out punishment> II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin meta Date: 15th century boundary <metes and bounds> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary mete (metes, meting, meted) • mete out To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. (FORMAL) His father meted out punishment with a slipper. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mete \Mete\, 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["a]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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mete \Mete\, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mete \Mete\, n. Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia METE met (madhadh): "To measure," either with a utensil of dry measure, as in Ex 16:18, or to measure with a line or measure of length, as in Ps 60:6; 108:7; Isa 40:12. In Isa 18:2,7 it is the rendering of qaw qaw, literally, "line-line" i.e. measuring line, referring to the Ethiopians as a nation that measured off other peoples for destruction and trod them down, as in the Revised Version (British and American). It is regarded by some as signifying strength, being cognate with the Arabic kawi, "strong." For mete of Mt 7:2 and parallel passages in Mr 4:24; Lu 6:38, see MEASURE. H. Porter Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms mete I. v. a. Measure. II. n. Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) mete ̈ɪmi:t v. Usually, mete out. deal (out), apportion, distribute, dole (out), allot, assign, allocate, parcel out, share (out), ration (out), measure out, dispense, hand out, give out, pass out, Colloq dish out: Punishment was meted out to those who deserved it. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 99 Moby Thesaurus words for "mete": 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 |
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