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Definition mete

Etymology 1

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-Germanic *metan? (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek ???????? (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek ???????? (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian ??? (mit, “mind”).

Verb

mete (third-person singular simple present metes, present participle meting, simple past and past participle meted)

  1. (transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
  2. (transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin m?ta (“post, goal, marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *meit- (“stake, post”). Cognate with Old English wullmod ("distaff").

Noun

mete (plural metes)

  1. A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

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