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   Mete , n. Meat. [Obs.]
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   Mete, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.]
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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.”  
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   Mete , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. mäta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr.  to rule,  a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. mā to measure. √99.  Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.] To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
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   Mete , v. i. To measure. [Obs.]
   Mark iv. 24.
   
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   Mete, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
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