mete

English

/miːt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To measure.
  • (transitive) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English meten (dream, see in a sweven) inherited from Old English metan (measure, traverse, estimate, pass over, mete out, mark off, compare) inherited from Proto-Germanic *metaną (measure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command), *med- (measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*med-

Gloss

measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command

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Kanji

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