mete

Meaning

Verb

To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

Noun

A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).

Synonyms

allot

delimitation

bestow

border

measure

dispense

distribute

boundary line

borderline

give

bourne

ceiling

confine

ambit

dole

gauge

give away

inflict

limit

Terminus

mere

parcel

purview

ascribe

assign

stint

award

weigh

bound

boundary

bourn

Translations

meten

messen

ceza kirin

siza dan

medir

όριο

frontière

limite

pîvan

delimitació

σύνορο

mesura

απονέμω

διαμοιράζω

خَط الحُدُود

Pronounced as (IPA)

/miːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: meten

Inherited from Old English: metan

Cognate with Scots: mete

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: meete

Cognate with Western Frisian: mjitte

Cognate with Dutch: meten

Cognate with German: messen

Cognate with Swedish: mäta

Cognate with Latin: modus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μεδίμνος

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μέδεσθαι

Cognate with Classical Armenian: միտ

Inherited from Middle English: mete

Cognate with Old English: wullmod

In summary

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”).
Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).