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meete

meete is the obsolete spelling of meet.

Meaning of meet

Verb

meet (third-person singular simple present meets, present participle meeting, simple past and past participle met)

  1. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
    • Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
  2. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
    • Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.
  3. To get acquainted with someone.
    • I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
  4. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
    • I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
  5. To come together in conflict.
    • Sir said Epynegrys is þᵗ the rule of yow arraunt knyghtes for to make a knyght to Iuste will he or nyll
      As for that sayd Dynadan make the redy
      for here is for me
      And there with al they spored theyr horses & mett to gyders soo hard that Epynegrys smote doune sir Dynadan1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter LV, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
  6. To play a match.
    • England and Holland will meet in the final.

See all 21 meanings of meet

Questions about meete

What is meete the obsolete spelling of?
Meete is the obsolete spelling of meet.

Words near meete in the dictionary

  1. meetability
  2. meetable
  3. meetaversaries
  4. meetaversary
  5. meetcha
  6. meete
  7. meeted
  8. meetee
  9. meetees
  10. Meetei
  11. Meetei civilisation

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