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English Dictionary: mete by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mete
n
  1. a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
      To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mete \Mete\, n.
      Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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]:
   Mete \Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
      mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m[84]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
      measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. [?] to rule,
      [?] a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
      measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[be] to measure.
      [root]99. Cf. {Measure}, {Meet}, a., {Mode}.]
      To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule
      or standard; to measure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mete \Mete\, v. i.
      To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.]
      Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
      in the phrase metes and bounds.
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