mete Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a line that indicates a boundary
    delimitation; border; borderline; boundary line.

WordNet

Mete noun
Definitions
  1. Meat. Obs. Chaucer.
Mete transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To meet. Obs. Chaucer.
Mete intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
AS. mtan.
Wordforms
imperfect Mette ; past participle Met
Definitions
  1. To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. Obs. "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
Mete transitive verb
Etymology
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. ma to measure. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Meted; present participle & verbal noun Meting
Definitions
  1. To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To measure. Obs. Mark iv. 24.
Mete noun
Etymology
AS. met. See Mete to measure.
Definitions
  1. Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

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