mete (third-person singular simple present metes, present participle meting, simple past and past participle meted)
(transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
(transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
mete (plural metes)
A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
mete (comparative more mete, superlative most mete)
Obsolete spelling of meet.
• Teme, etem, meet, teem, teme
Source: Wiktionary
Mete, n.
Definition: Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. & i.
Definition: To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] Etym: [AS. m.]
Definition: To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] Etym: [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. mäta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. ma to measure. sq. root99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]
Definition: To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete, v. i.
Definition: To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24.
Mete, n. Etym: [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
Definition: Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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