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meted

meted is the simple past and past participle of mete.

Meaning of mete

Verb

mete (third-person singular simple present metes, present participle meting, simple past and past participle meted)

  1. (transitive, usually) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
    • Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
      Unequal laws unto a savage race1833, Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses

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Words formed from meted

Phrases with meted

Questions about meted

What is meted the simple past and past participle of?
Meted is the simple past and past participle of mete.

Words near meted in the dictionary

  1. mete
  2. mete out
  3. mete-wand
  4. mete-wands
  5. metecorn
  6. meted
  7. meted out
  8. metedomidine
  9. meteg
  10. metegs
  11. metelimumab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meted (page history and authors); mete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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