meed
(noun) a fitting reward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
meed (plural meeds)
(now literary, archaic) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward, deserts; award.
A gift; bribe.
(dated) Merit or desert; worth.
meed (third-person singular simple present meeds, present participle meeding, simple past and past participle meeded)
(transitive) To reward; bribe.
(transitive) To deserve; merit.
• Deem, Mede, deem, deme
Source: Wiktionary
Meed, n. Etym: [OE. mede, AS. med, meord; akin to OS. m, OHG. miata, mieta, G. miethe hire, Goth. mizdo reward, Bohem. & Russ. mzda, Gr. mistho`s, Skr. midha. sq. root276.]
1. That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense. A rosy garland was the victor's meed. Spenser.
2. Merit or desert; worth. My meed hath got me fame. Shak.
3. A gift; also, a bride. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Meed, v. t.
1. To reward; to repay. [Obs.] Waytt.
2. To deserve; to merit. [Obs.] Heywood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
