mete

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A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere
To measure

In turn,.

To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.)

Unequal laws unto a savage race.

to apportion
Meat
{v} to measure, take measure, allot, cream
+ mete out mete out To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. His father meted out punishment with a slipper. A boundary line; a limit. mete out if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone mete something⇔out to
To meet
a line that indicates a boundary
To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed
{i} limit; boundary; setting of a boundary
{f} divide and give out, budget, allot
Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds
To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure
A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker
mete out
To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out
mete out
administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
To mete
bemete
metes
plural of mete
metes
measurements of distance in feet, rods, poles, chains, etc ; pertains to measuring direction and distance
metes
A measure of distance and direction See Metes and Bounds
metes
third-person singular of mete
Turkish - English
(isim) Founder of Great Hun Empire (204 B.C-216 A.D)
mete

    Turkish pronunciation

    mit

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmēt/ /ˈmiːt/

    Etymology

    [ 'mEt ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-Germanic *metanan (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“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”).

    Common Collocations

    mete out
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