mete

Definition of mete

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive, usually)To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

“Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race”
“Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.”
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
“the Power that fashions man Measured not out thy little span For thee to take the meting-rod In turn,”

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verb

(transitive, usually)To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

“Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race”
“Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.”
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
“the Power that fashions man Measured not out thy little span For thee to take the meting-rod In turn,”

noun

A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

adj

(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).

“I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.”

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Etymology

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European…

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From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).

Anagrams of mete

5 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play meet 6 points

Words you can make from mete

9 playable · top: MEET (6 pts)

Best play meet 6 points

4-letter words

1 word

TEEM 6 pts

3-letter words

3 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

3 extensions · 3 back

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