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Mete is defined as to hand out or measure.

(verb)

An example of mete is to distribute a stack of handouts, one sheet to each student.

The definition of a mete is a limit or boundary.

(noun)

An example of a mete is a city boundary.

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transitive verb meted, meting

to allot; distribute; apportion: usually with out
Archaic to measure

Origin: ME meten < OE metan, akin to Ger messen < IE *med- (> L modus, Gr metron) < base *me-, to mark off, measure

noun

a boundary; limit
a boundary mark or line

Origin: OFr < L meta, boundary, goal < IE *meit- (var. of *mei-), post, stake > ON meithr, a tree, MIr methos, boundary mark

See mete in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb met·ed, met·ing, metes

To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice.
Archaic To measure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English meten

Origin: , from Old English metan; see med- in Indo-European roots

noun

A boundary line; a limit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Latin mēta, turning post, boundary

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