Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mete
Mete
mete
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
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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 measure, to give out by measure ; dole, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin meta Date: 15th century boundary ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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