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<h1>Meedful</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meed"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious.</def> "<i>Meedful</i> works."

<i>Wiclif.</i>

<h1>Meedfully</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meed"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to merit; suitably.</def>

<h1>Meek</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meek</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Meeker</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Meekest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>mek</ets>, <ets>meoc</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>mj<?/kr</ets> mild, soft, Sw. <ets>mjuk</ets>, Dan. <ets>myg</ets>, D. <ets>muik</ets>, Goth. <ets>muka</ets>m<?/dei gentleness.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.</def>

<blockquote>Not the man Moses was very <b>meek</b>. <i>Num. xii. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; <as>as, a <ex>meek</ex> answer; a <ex>meek</ex> face.</as></def> "Her <i>meek</i> prayer."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See <er>Gentle</er>.</syn>

<h1>Meek, Meeken</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw><hw>Meek</hw>, <hw>Meek"en</hw> <tt>(-'n)</tt><hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Meekly</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meek"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a meek manner.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Meekness</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meek"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being meek.</def>

<h1>Meer</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Simple; unmixed. See <er>Mere</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Meer</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mere</er>, a lake.</def>

<h1>Meer</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A boundary. See <er>Mere</er>.</def>

<h1>Meerkat</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Meer"kat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South African carnivore (<spn>Cynictis penicillata</spn>), allied to the ichneumons.</def>

<h1>Meerschaum</h1> <Xpage=908>