| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  m t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: met·ed, met·ing, metes
1. To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice. 2. Archaic To measure. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English meten, from Old English metan. See med- in Appendix I.
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