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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MET, pret. and pp. of meet.

Merriam Webster's

I. past and past participle of meet II. abbreviation 1. meteorological; meteorology 2. metropolitan

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. past and past part. of MEET(1). 2. adj. colloq. 1 meteorological. 2 metropolitan. 3 (the Met) a (in full the Met Office) (in the UK) the Meteorological Office. b the Metropolitan Police in London. c the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Met Met, obs. imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure. --Chapman.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Met Met, imp. & p. p. of Meet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Met Met, obs. p. p. of Mete, to dream. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meet Meet (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.] 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Met is the past tense and past participle of meet.