資料來源 : pyDict
給予,派給;評定,測量界線,境界,界石
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mete \Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m["a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ?
a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure.
[root]99. Cf. {Measure}, {Meet}, a., {Mode}.]
To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule
or standard; to measure.
Mete \Mete\, v. i.
To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.
Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.]
Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in the phrase metes and bounds.
Mete \Mete\, n.
Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS.
m?tan.]
To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
``I mette of him all night.'' --Chaucer.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mete
n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: {boundary line}, {border},
{borderline}, {delimitation}]