Mete , n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly
in the plural, and in the phrase
metes and bounds.
Mete (?), v. i. To measure. [Obs.]
Mark iv. 24.
Mete (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Meting.]
[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. √99. Cf. Measure, Meet,
a., Mode.] To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete , v. i. &
t. [imp. Mette (?);
p. p. Met.]
[AS. m&?;tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
"I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
Mete , v. t. &
i. To meet. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Mete (?), n. Meat. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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