mete+out
21mete — UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] verb Word forms mete : present tense I/you/we/they mete he/she/it metes present participle meting past tense meted past participle meted Phrasal verbs: mete out …
22mete — I. transitive verb (meted; meting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English metan; akin to Old High German mezzan to measure, Latin modus measure, Greek medesthai to be mindful of Date: before 12th century 1. archaic measure 2. to give out by… …
23mete — mete1 /meet/, v.t., meted, meting. 1. to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually fol. by out): to mete out punishment. 2. Archaic. to measure. [bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. D meten, ON meta, Goth mitan, G messen to measure, Gk… …
24mete — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] metes, meting, meted Phrasal Verbs: mete out …
25mete — I noun barrier, border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, boundary line, boundary mark, bounds, circumscription, confine, division line, end, limit, limitation, line of circumvallation, line of demarcation, margin, measure, outline,… …
26mete something out (to somebody) — ˌmete sthˈout (to sb) derived (formal) to give sb a punishment; to make sb suffer bad treatment • Severe penalties were meted out by the court. • the violence meted out to the prisoners Main entry: ↑ …
27mete — mete1 [mēt] vt. meted, meting [ME meten < OE metan, akin to Ger messen < IE * med (> L modus, Gr metron) < base * me , to mark off, MEASURE] 1. to allot; distribute; apportion: usually with out 2. Archaic to measure mete2 [mēt] n …
28mete something out — DISPENSE, hand out, allocate, allot, apportion, issue, deal out, dole out, dish out, assign, administer. → mete …
29mete — mete1 [mi:t] verb 1》 (mete something out) dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc. 2》 (in biblical use) measure out. Origin OE metan measure , of Gmc origin; related to meet2. mete2 [mi:t] noun historical …
30mete — verb mete sth out phrasal verb (T) formal to give someone a punishment: Judges are meting out increasingly harsh sentences for car theft …
