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Webster 1913 Edition

Mete

Mete

,
Noun.
Meat.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Mete

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To meet.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Mete

,
Verb.
I.
&
T.
[
imp.
Mette
;
p. p.
Met
.]
[AS.
m[GREEK]tan
.]
To dream; also impersonally;
as,
me mette
, I dreamed
.
[Obs.]
“I mette of him all night.”
Chaucer.

Mete

(mēt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Meted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Meting
.]
[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. [GREEK] to rule, [GREEK] a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
measure
, L.
metiri
to measure; cf. Skr.
mā
to measure. √99. Cf.
Measure
,
Meet
,
Adj.
,
Mode
.]
To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

Mete

,
Verb.
I.
To measure.
[Obs.]
Mark iv. 24.

Mete

,
Noun.
[AS.
met
. See
Mete
to measure.]
Measure; limit; boundary; – used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mete

METE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. metior; Heb. to measure.] To measure; to ascertain quantity, dimensions or capacity by any rule or standard. [Obsolescent.]

METE

,
Noun.
Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, in the phrase, metes and bounds.

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