- mete, meet
- The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
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mete, meet — The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet … Dictionary of troublesome word
Meet — Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m[ a]ssig moderate, gem[ a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [1913 Webster] It… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meet / mete / meat — Meet means to get together or connect with someone, to encounter : Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch. Mete means to distribute : We had to mete out the last of the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our hiking… … Confused words
meet / mete / meat — Meet means to get together or connect with someone, to encounter : Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch. Mete means to distribute : We had to mete out the last of the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our hiking… … Confused words
meet / mete / meat — Meet means to get together or connect with someone, to encounter : Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch. Mete means to distribute : We had to mete out the last of the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our hiking… … Confused words
meet — Ⅰ. meet [1] ► VERB (past and past part. met) 1) come together with at the same place and time. 2) see or be introduced to for the first time. 3) come into contact with; touch or join. 4) encounter (a situation). 5) ( … English terms dictionary
mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) … English terms dictionary
meet — meet1 [mēt] vt. met, meeting [ME meten < OE metan < base of mot, a coming together, meeting: see MOOT] 1. to come upon or encounter; esp., to come face to face with or up to (a person or thing moving from a different direction) 2. to be… … English World dictionary
Mete — Mete, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mete — (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m[ a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ? a corn measure,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
