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mete.

To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/miːt/
  1. To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

    transitive · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“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 μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).

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

Where this word comes from

From Middle English mete, from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin mēta (“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element in Old English wullmod (“distaff”).

adj/miːt/
  1. Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English mǣte, ġemǣte (“moderate, suitable”). More at meet.

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