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MEED
meed
(noun) a fitting reward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
Etymology 2
Verb
meed (third-person singular simple present meeds, present participle meeding, simple past and past participle meeded)
(transitive) To reward; bribe.
(transitive) To deserve; merit.
Anagrams
• 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
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