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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.
METE
,Noun.