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mete

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mete1 /miːt/

▶verb

1 (mete something out) dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc.

2 (in biblical use) measure out.

– origin OE metan ‘measure’, of Gmc origin; rel. to meet2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mete2 /miːt/

▶noun historical a boundary or boundary stone.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. meta ‘boundary, goal’.

'mete' also found in these Oxford entries:

meat - meditate - meet - metage - meter

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