mete
11mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) …
12mete — I noun barrier, border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, boundary line, boundary mark, bounds, circumscription, confine, division line, end, limit, limitation, line of circumvallation, line of demarcation, margin, measure, outline,… …
13mete — out …
14mete — [v] administer, distribute admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, divide, dole, give, lot, measure, parcel, portion, ration, share; concepts 98,108 …
15mete — mete1 [mēt] vt. meted, meting [ME meten < OE metan, akin to Ger messen < IE * med (> L modus, Gr metron) < base * me , to mark off, MEASURE] 1. to allot; distribute; apportion: usually with out 2. Archaic to measure mete2 [mēt] n …
16mete — aga·mete; an·iso·ga·mete; aplan·o·ga·mete; ga·mete; plan·o·ga·mete; mete; …
17mete — {{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… …
18mete — UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] verb Word forms mete : present tense I/you/we/they mete he/she/it metes present participle meting past tense meted past participle meted Phrasal verbs: mete out …
19mete — I [[t]mit[/t]] v. t. met•ed, met•ing 1) to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usu. fol. by out): to mete out praise[/ex] 2) archaic to measure • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. OHGmez(z)anto measure, akin to OIrmidithir(he)… …
20mete — I. /mit / (say meet) verb (t) (meted, meting) 1. Obsolete to measure. –phrase 2. mete out, to distribute or apportion by measure; allot: *East Timor s influential Catholic bishop called today for an international tribunal to mete out justice to… …
