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mete |
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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