'Mete' definitions:
Definition of 'mete'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
- Mete \Mete\, n. Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
- Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
- Mete \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[aum]ta, 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. m[=a] to measure. [root]99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.] To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
- Mete \Mete\, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mete'
From: GCIDE
- Mete \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]
Synonyms of 'mete'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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