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metest

metest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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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Origin of metest

mete + -est

Questions about metest

What is metest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Metest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of mete.

Words near metest in the dictionary

  1. metersticks
  2. metes
  3. metes and bounds
  4. metes out
  5. metescufylline
  6. metest
  7. metestrus
  8. meteth
  9. metethereal
  10. metethoheptazine
  11. metewand

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