Mete

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Mete, n. 

 Meat.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

Mete, v. t. & i. 

 To meet.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

Mete, v. i. & t. [AS. mtan.].

 To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

Mete, v. t. [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. to rule, a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. mā to measure. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.].

 To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.  [1913 Webster]

Mete, v. i. 

 To measure.  Mark iv. 24.  [1913 Webster]

Mete, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.].

 Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Mete, v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by out) literary apportion or allot (a punishment or reward).
2 poet. or Bibl. measure.

Idiom

mete-wand (or -yard) a standard of estimation.

Mete, n. a boundary or boundary stone.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L meta boundary, goal

THESAURUS

Mete

accord, administer, afford, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, assign, award, bestow, bestow on, calculate, calibrate, caliper, check a parameter, communicate, compute, confer, deal, deal out, dial, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, dole, dole out, donate, estimate, evaluate, extend, fathom, fork out, gauge, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out, graduate, grant, hand out, heap, help to, impart, issue, lavish, let have, measure, measure out, mensurate, mete out, meter, offer, pace, parcel out, pass around, pass out, pay out, plumb, portion out, pour, present, prize, probe, proffer, quantify, quantize, rain, rate, render, serve, share out, shell out, shower, size, size up, slip, snow, sound, span, spoon out, step, survey, take a reading, tender, triangulate, valuate, value, vouchsafe, weigh, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Mete

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

Measurement

VB measure, mete, determine, assay, evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on, appreciate, standardize, span, pace step, apply the compass, gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom, heave the log, heave the lead, survey, weigh, take an average, graduate.