6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
mezzan Icel. meta, Sw m["a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr ? to rule ?
a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
measure, L. metiri to measure; cf Skr. m[=a] to measure.
[root]99. Cf {Measure}, {Meet}, a., {Mode}.]
To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of by any rule
or standard; to measure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, v. i.
To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv 24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.]
Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in the phrase metes and bounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, n.
Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
To meet [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS.
m?tan.]
To dream; also impersonally; as me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
``I mette of him all night.'' --Chaucer.
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