Mete
(Mete), v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete
(Mete), v. i. & t. [imp. Mette ; p. p. Met.] [AS. mtan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me
mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
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. mäta, 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. ma to measure. &radic99. 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.
Metecorn
(Mete"corn`) n. A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an
encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.
Metely
(Mete"ly), a. According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate. [Obs.]
Metempiric
(Met`em*pir"ic Met`em*pir"ic*al) a. [Pref. met- + empiric, - ical.] (Metaph.) Related, or
belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics.
If then the empirical designates the province we include within the range of science, the province we
exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical.
G. H. Lewes.
