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| English Dictionary: meek |
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DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for meek |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- meek
- adj
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness
or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
Synonym(s): meek, mild, modest
- very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
Synonym(s): meek, tame
- evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"
Synonym(s): meek, spiritless
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Meek \Meek\, a. [Compar. {Meeker}; superl. {Meekest}.] [OE. mek,
meoc; akin to Icel. mj[?]kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg,
D. muik, Goth. mukam[?]dei gentleness.]
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient
under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful;
forbearing; submissive.
Not the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by
mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
[bd]Her meek prayer.[b8] --Chaucer.
Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming;
humble. See {Gentle}.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Meek \Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t.
To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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