mete

  • 21mete — 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… …

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  • 22mete — mete1 /meet/, v.t., meted, meting. 1. to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually fol. by out): to mete out punishment. 2. Archaic. to measure. [bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. D meten, ON meta, Goth mitan, G messen to measure, Gk… …

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  • 23mete — 1. verb /miːt/ a) To measure. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. b) To dispense, measure (out), allot ( …

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  • 24mete — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

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  • 25mete — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] metes, meting, meted Phrasal Verbs: mete out …

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  • 26mete — mete1 [mi:t] verb 1》 (mete something out) dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc. 2》 (in biblical use) measure out. Origin OE metan measure , of Gmc origin; related to meet2. mete2 [mi:t] noun historical …

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  • 27mete — verb mete sth out phrasal verb (T) formal to give someone a punishment: Judges are meting out increasingly harsh sentences for car theft …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Metė — Sp Metė nkt. Ap Mettet prancūziškai L Belgija …

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  • 29Metė — Sp nkt. Metė Ap Mettet prancūziškai L Belgija …

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  • 30mete — I v Usu. mete out apportion, admeasure, measure out or off; allot, allocate, assign; portion out, parcel out, deal out, dole out, ration out, Inf. dish out; pass out, hand out, give out, distribute, dispense. II n limit, boundary, frontier,… …

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