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   Meet (mēt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (mĕt); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. mētan, fr. mōt, gemōt, a meeting; akin to OS. mōtian to meet, Icel. maeta, Goth. gamōtjan. See Moot, v. t.]
   1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
   
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   2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, “they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.”
   
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   3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, “to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.”
   
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   His daughter came out to meet him. Judg. xi. 34.
   
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   4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, “the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.”
   
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   Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
   
   Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. Pope.
   
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   5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, “to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.”
   
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   To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
   
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   Met (?), imp. & p. p. of Meet.
   
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   Met, obs. imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure.  Chapman.
   
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   Met, obs. p. p. of Mete, to dream.  Chaucer.
   
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   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.
   
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