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<hw>Meet</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mete</ets> fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. <ets>m<?/te</ets> moderate; akin to <ets>gemet</ets> fit, meet, <ets>metan</ets> to mete, and G. <ets>m\'84ssig</ets> moderate, <ets>gem\'84ss</ets> fitting. See <er>Mete</er>.]</ety> <def>Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.</def>

<blockquote>It was <b>meet</b> that we should make merry. <i>Luke xv. 32.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To be meet with</col>, <cd>to be even with; to be equal to. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Meet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Meetly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Meet"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render fit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Meet"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who meets.</def>

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<hw>Meeth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, Mead. See <er>Meathe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Meet"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coming together; an assembling; <as>as, the <ex>meeting</ex> of Congress</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A junction, crossing, or union; <as>as, the <ex>meeting</ex> of the roads or of two rivers</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; <as>as, a large <ex>meeting</ex>; an harmonius <ex>meeting</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An assembly for worship; <as>as, to attend <ex>meeting</ex> on Sunday</as>; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.</syn>

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<hw>Meet"ing*house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.</def>

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<hw>Meet"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Fitly; suitably; properly.</def>

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<hw>Meet"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fitness; suitableness; propriety.</def>

<h1>Meg-, Mega, Megalo-</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw><hw>Meg-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Meg"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Meg"a*lo-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>me`gas</grk>, gen. <grk>mega`loy</grk>, great.]</ety> <def>Combining forms signifying: <sd>(a)</sd> <i>Great</i>, <i>extended</i>, <i>powerful</i>; <as>as, <ex>mega</ex>scope, <ex>mega</ex>cosm</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.)</fld> <def><i>A million times</i>, <i>a million of</i>; <as>as, <ex>mega</ex>meter, a million meters; <ex>mega</ex>farad, a million farads; <ex>meg</ex>ohm, a million ohms</as></def>.