mete - What does it mean?
'mete' hits on the web
You may have been searching for a specific social media @mete profile or the tag #mete
Definition of 'mete'English
Anagrams
* meet, teem
Etymology 1
From (etyl) meten, from (etyl) .
Verb
( met)
(transitive|archaic|poetic|dialectal) To measure.
* 1611 — 7:2
- For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again.
* 1870s , Soothsay , lines 80-83
- ''the Power that fashions man
- ''Measured not out thy little span
- ''For thee to take the meting -rod
- ''In turn,
To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
* 1833 —
- Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
- Unequal laws unto a savage race
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) ("distaff").
Noun
( en-noun)
A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
----
Similar to 'mete'made, meute, mate, mote, mode, mute, mite, motte, matte, maide, mythe, meete, matie, mithe
|
