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mete
/mit/
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What does mete mean?
verb
- To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
noun
- A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
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adjective
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).
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IPA pronunciation
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Thus he was requited, for it is the way of God to mete out punishment measure for measure.
If an employer does his best to mete out justice he is always appreciated and supported by the majority.
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Here, too, came the sessions judge once a month or so, to try criminal cases and mete out justice to the law-breakers.
The Arabic word amida signifies to end, and from this comes the noun, a limit, a termination, Latin meta, and our words meet and mete.
“You did not know the measure you were going to mete me, and therefore did not know the measure that would be returned to you again.”