mete

Also used as

mete is also the obsolete spelling of meet.

Forms of mete

Past tense of mete: meted

Origin of mete

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).

From Middle English mete, from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin mēta (“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element in Old English wullmod (“distaff”).

From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English mǣte, ġemǣte (“moderate, suitable”). More at meet.

Words formed from mete

• bemete
• evenmete
• metage
• metely
• mete out
• meter
• metewand
• meteyard
• metster
• unmeted

Words that rhyme with mete

• heat
• beat
• eat
• seat
• sweet
• meet
• sheet
• meat
• street
• receipt
• deplete
• neat

Questions about mete

What does mete mean?

Mete means to dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

What part of speech is mete?

Mete can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce mete?

Mete is pronounced /miːt/.

What is the past tense of mete?

The past tense of mete is meted.