mete

¹mete

transitive verb \ˈmēt\

met·edmet·ing

Definition of METE

1

archaic : measure

2

: to give out by measure : dole —usually used with out <mete out punishment>

Origin of METE

Middle English, from Old English metan; akin to Old High German mezzan to measure, Latin modus measure, Greek medesthai to be mindful of

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with METE

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat

²mete

noun

Definition of METE

: boundary <metes and bounds>

Origin of METE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin meta

First Known Use: 15th century