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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEEK, a. [L. mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt.]
1. Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated; yielding; given to forbearance under injuries.
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all men. Numbers 12.
2. Appropriately,humble, in an evangelical sense; submissive to the divine will; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory; not peevish and apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls." Matthew 11.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest]
2: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes [syn: meek, tame]
3: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn: meek, spiritless]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mj?kr gentle; akin to Welsh esmwyth soft Date: 13th century 1. enduring injury with patience and without resentment ; mild 2. deficient in spirit and courage ; submissive 3. not violent or strong ; moderate • meekly adverb • meekness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 humble and submissive; suffering injury etc. tamely. 2 piously gentle in nature. Derivatives: meekly adv. meekness n. Etymology: ME me(o)c f. ON mjúkr soft, gentle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meek Meek, a. [Compar. Meeker; superl. Meekest.] [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj?kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam?dei gentleness.] 1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. Not the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3. 2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. ``Her meek prayer.'' --Chaucer. Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meek Meek, Meeken Meek"en (-'n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(meeker, meekest) If you describe a person as meek, you think that they are gentle and quiet, and likely to do what other people say. He was a meek, mild-mannered fellow. ADJ • meekly Most have meekly accepted such advice... ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Humble, lowly, submissive, yielding, pacific, unassuming, mild, soft, gentle, modest.

Moby Thesaurus

abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble-minded, humble-spirited, humblehearted, lamblike, lenient, long-suffering, lowly, manageable, meek-minded, meek-spirited, meekhearted, mild, modest, obedient, pacific, passive, patient, peaceable, poor in spirit, quiet, reconciled, repressed, resigned, retiring, shy, spiritless, subdued, submissive, suppressed, tame, tamed, timid, tolerant, tractable, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, uncomplaining, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, yielding