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English Dictionary: MET/	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meet \Meet\ (m[emac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[ecr]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[emac]tan, fr. m[omac]t, gem[omac]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[omac]tian to meet, Icel. m[91]ta, Goth. gam[omac]tjan. See {Moot}, v. t.] 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. {To meet half way}, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS. m[?]tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] [bd]I mette of him all night.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Met \Met\, imp. & p. p. of {Meet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Met \Met\, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Mete}, to measure. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Met \Met\, obs. p. p. of {Mete}, to dream. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. [?] between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[ed], E. mid, in midwife.] 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely. 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See {Ortho-}, and {Para-}. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.