mete+out
11mete out — verb To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out …
12mete — out …
13mete — [mi:t] v mete out [mete sth<=>out] phr v [: Old English; Origin: metan to measure ] if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone mete something<=>out to ▪ He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children …
14mete — [ mit ] verb ,mete out phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a punishment to someone: The same treatment should be meted out to politicians who break the rules …
15mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) …
16mete — {{11}}mete (n.) boundary, now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from O.Fr. mete limit, bounds, frontier, from L. meta goal, boundary, post, pillar. {{12}}mete (v.) to allot, O.E. metan to measure, mete out; compare, estimate (class V… …
17mete — Synonyms and related words: accord, administer, afford, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, assign, award, bestow, bestow on, calculate, calibrate, caliper, check a parameter, communicate, compute, confer, deal …
18mete — I v Usu. mete out apportion, admeasure, measure out or off; allot, allocate, assign; portion out, parcel out, deal out, dole out, ration out, Inf. dish out; pass out, hand out, give out, distribute, dispense. II n limit, boundary, frontier,… …
19mete — I [[t]mit[/t]] v. t. met•ed, met•ing 1) to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usu. fol. by out): to mete out praise[/ex] 2) archaic to measure • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. OHGmez(z)anto measure, akin to OIrmidithir(he)… …
20mete — I. /mit / (say meet) verb (t) (meted, meting) 1. Obsolete to measure. –phrase 2. mete out, to distribute or apportion by measure; allot: *East Timor s influential Catholic bishop called today for an international tribunal to mete out justice to… …
