mete
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), 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”).
VerbEdit
mete (third-person singular simple present metes, present participle meting, simple past and past participle meted)
- (transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 7:2:
- For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- 1870s Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Soothsay, lines 80-83
- the Power that fashions man
- Measured not out thy little span
- For thee to take the meting-rod
- In turn,
- (transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
- 1833 — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
- Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
- Unequal laws unto a savage race
- 1929 — Kirby Page, Jesus Or Christianity A Study In Contrasts, p. 31.
- Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
- 1833 — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English mete, borrowed from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin mēta (“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element in Old English wullmod (“distaff”).
NounEdit
mete (plural metes)
Etymology 3Edit
AdjectiveEdit
mete (comparative more mete, superlative most mete)
- Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”)
- 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
- I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
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mete
DutchEdit
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mete
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EstonianEdit
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mete
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Saint Dominican Creole French mété, from French mettre (“put, put on”)
VerbEdit
mete
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
mete f
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
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mete
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French mettre. Compare Haitian Creole mete.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mete (medial form met)
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English mete (“food”) (also met, mett, whence the forms with a short vowel). More at meat.
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- And thenne he blewe his horne that the maronners had yeuen hym / And whanne they within the Castel herd that horne / they put forthe many knyghtes and there they stode vpon the walles / and said with one voys / welcome be ye to this castel / […] / and sire Palomydes entred in to the castel / And within a whyle he was serued with many dyuerse metes
- And then he blew his horn that the mariners had given him / And when they that were within the castle heard that horn / they put forth many knights and there they stood upon walls / and said with one voice: / “be welcome to this castle” / […] / and Sir Palamedes entered into the castle / And after a while he was served with many diverse meats
- The act of dining; a lunch.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “mē̆te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French mete (“boundary, mere”), from Latin mēta. More at mete.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mete
DescendantsEdit
- English: mete
Etymology 3Edit
From Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mētijaz, a variant of *mētiz. More at meet.
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
mete
- suitable, fitting, appropriate
- pleasing, accommodating, useful
- right in shape or size, well-fitting
DescendantsEdit
AdverbEdit
mete
ReferencesEdit
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *matiz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mete m
DeclensionEdit
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DescendantsEdit
Old FrisianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *mati.
NounEdit
mete
- food, especially sustenance (as opposed to desserts, snacks, or sweets)
DescendantsEdit
- North Frisian: meet
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mete
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of meter
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of meter
RawaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mete
ReferencesEdit
- Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
VerbEdit
mete (Cyrillic spelling мете)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mete
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of meter.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of meter.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of meter.
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
mete
- Romanization of 𒋼 (mete)
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French metre, from Latin mittō, mittere (“send”).
VerbEdit
mete
- to put
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | mete | ||||||
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gerund | metant | ||||||
auxiliary | aveur | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | metou | metowe | |||||
plural | metous | metowes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | dji (dj') | tu (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
present | mete | metes | mete | metans | metoz | metnut or metèt | |
imperfect | meteu | meteus | meteut | metins | metîz | metint | |
preterit | meta | metas | meta | metîs | metîz | metît | |
future | metrè | metrès | metrè | metrans | metroz | metront | |
conditional | metreu | metreus | metreut | metrins | metrîz | metrint | |
subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
present | mete | metes | mete | metanxhe | metoxhe | metnuxhe or metèxhe | |
present | metaxhe | metaxhes | metaxhe | metinxhe | metîxhe | metinxhe | |
imperative | — | tu | — | dji / nos | vos | — | |
affirmative | mete | metans | metoz |
West MakianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Likely cognate with Ternate mote (“to follow”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mete
- (transitive) to follow
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of mete (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | temete | memete | amete | |
2nd person | nemete | femete | ||
3rd person | inanimate | imete | demete | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nemete, mete | femete, mete |
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics