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mete
/miːt/
verb 1noun 1adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
unequal
VERB + METE
measure, power
METE + NOUN
submission
PREP.
out
Definitions
verb
1
To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race
Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
noun
1
A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
adj
1
Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).
I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.
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Synonyms
noun — a line that indicates a boundary
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race
Wiktionary02
Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
Wiktionary03
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Wiktionary04
I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefu
Wiktionary05
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Tatoeba · #584956406
The court has the power to mete out sentences.
Tatoeba · #11742564Usage Notes
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