Англо-русский словарь - mete
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mete
I noun граница; пограничный знак; - metes and bounds II v.
1) отмерять, распределять (часто mete out)
2) назначать (награду, наказание)
3) poet. измерять
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1. граница mete and bounds —- юр. границы; пределы 2. пограничный знак 3. уст. мера 4. (часто mete out) определять, выделять; распределять to mete out punishment —- определять наказание to mete out reward —- установить награду to mete justice —- вершить правосудие 5. уст. измерять ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
1. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by out) literary apportion or allot (a punishment or reward). 2 poet. or Bibl. measure. Phrases and idioms mete-wand (or -yard) a standard of estimation. Etymology: OE metan f. Gmc., rel. to MEET(1) 2. n. a boundary or boundary stone. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L meta boundary, goal ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
I. transitive verb (~d; 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 measure ; dole — usually used with out ~ out punishment II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin meta Date: 15th century boundary ~s and bounds ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(metes, meting, meted) • mete out To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. (FORMAL) His father meted out punishment with a slipper. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v mete sth out phr v formal to give someone a punishment (Judges are meting out increasingly harsh sentences for car theft.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- O.E. metan "to measure" (class V strong verb; past tense mжt, pp. meten), from P.Gmc. *metanan, related to meet (adj.). Only used now with out. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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