Meet (mēt),
adv. Meetly. [Obs.]
Shak.
Meet , a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m&aemacr;te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G.
mässig moderate,
gemäss fitting.
See Mete.]
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
It was meet that we should make merry.
Luke xv. 32. To be meet with, to be even with;
to be equal
to. [Obs.]
Meet , n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt;
also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of
meeting.
Meet , v. t. 1. To
come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to
face; to come in close
relationship; as, we met in
the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
O,
when meet now
Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined
!
Milton. 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
Weapons more violent, when next we
meet,
May serve to better us and
worse our foes.
Milton. 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first
Monday of December.
They . . . appointed a day to meet together.
2. Macc. xiv. 21.
4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
To meet with. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of
unexpectedness.
We met with many things worthy of observation.
Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a
loss. (d)
To encounter; to be subjected to.
Prepare to
meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.
Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Meet (mēt),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m&ebreve;t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.]
[OE. meten, AS. mētan, fr. mōt, gemōt, a meeting; akin to OS. mōtian to meet, Icel. mæta, Goth. gamōtjan. See Moot, v. t.] 1.
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon
or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and
overtaking.
2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and
defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
3. To come into
the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
His daughter came out to
meet him.
Judg. xi. 34. 4. To
perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance
with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt,
or which compassion first.
Pope. 5. To come up to; to be even with; to
equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's
expectations; the supply
meets the demand.
To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet
(one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
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