Definition: mete

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Mete \Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Meting.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
   mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m["a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
   measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ?
   a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
   measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure.
   [root]99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]
   To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule
   or standard; to measure.
Mete \Mete\, v. i.
   To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.
Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
   Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
   in the phrase metes and bounds.
Mete \Mete\, n.
   Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
   To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] [AS.
   m?tan.]
   To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
   ``I mette of him all night.'' --Chaucer.