mete

mete ¹  (mt)

tr.v. met·ed, met·ing, metes

1. To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice.

2. Archaic To measure.

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[Middle English meten, from Old English metan; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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mete ²  (mt)

n.

A boundary line; a limit.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mta, turning post, boundary.]

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mete¹

vb (tr)

(usually foll by out) Formal to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)

vb & n

Poetic, dialect (to) measure

[Old English metan; compare Old Saxon metan, Old Norse meta, German messen to measure]

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mete²

n

(Historical Terms) Rare a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)

[from Old French, from Latin mēta goal, turning post (in race)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mete - a line that indicates a boundary     border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation boundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something circumference, circuit - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" fence line - a boundary line created by a fence property line - the boundary line between two pieces of property state boundary, state line - the boundary between two states

Translations

mete [miːt] VT to mete out [+ punishment, justice] → imponer; [+ challenge] → asignar

mete

vt to mete out → zuteilwerden lassen (to sb jdm); praise → austeilen; rewards → verteilen; to mete out punishment to somebody → jdn bestrafen; the function of the courts is to mete out justice → es ist Aufgabe der Gerichte zu richten; justice was meted out to them → es wurde über sie gerichtet

mete [miːt] vi to mete out (punishment) → infliggere