mete

mete
{{11}}mete (n.) "boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from O.Fr. mete "limit, bounds, frontier," from L. meta "goal, boundary, post, pillar."
{{12}}mete (v.) "to allot," O.E. metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt, pp. meten), from P.Gmc. *metanan (Cf. O.S. metan, O.Fris., O.N. meta, Du. meten, O.H.G. mezzan, Ger. messen, Goth. mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see MEDICAL (Cf. medical)). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.

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  • 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[ a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ? a corn measure,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — Mete, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mete — [ mit ] verb ,mete out phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a punishment to someone: The same treatment should be meted out to politicians who break the rules …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) …   English terms dictionary

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