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meteth

meteth is the third-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 meteth

mete + -eth

Questions about meteth

What is meteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mete.

Words near meteth in the dictionary

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

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