Part 7007

<h1>Mete</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Meat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Mete</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To meet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Mete</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete</hw>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Mette</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Met</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>m<?/tan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To dream; also impersonally; <as>as, <ex>me mette</def></ex>, I dreamed</as>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "I <i>mette</i> of him all night."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Mete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Meted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Meting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>metan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>meten</ets>, G. <ets>messen</ets>, OHG. <ets>mezzan</ets>, Icel. <ets>meta</ets>, Sw. <ets>m\'84ta</ets>, Goth. <ets>mitan</ets>, L. <ets>modus</ets> measure, moderation, <ets>modius</ets> a corn measure, Gr. <?/ to rule, <?/ a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E. <ets>measure</ets>, L. <ets>metiri</ets> to measure; cf. Skr. <ets>m\'be</ets> to measure. &root;99. Cf. <er>Measure</er>, <er>Meet</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Mode</er>.]</ety> <def>To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.</def>

<h1>Mete</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To measure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mark iv. 24.</i>

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<hw>Mete</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>met</ets>. See <er>Mete</er> to measure.]</ety> <def>Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase <i>metes and bounds</i>.</def>

<h1>Metecorn</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete"corn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.</def>

<h1>Metely</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Mete"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Metempiric, Metempirical</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw><hw>Met`em*pir"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Met`em*pir"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>met-</ets> + <ets>empiric</ets>, <ets>-ical</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics.</def>

<blockquote>If then the empirical designates the province we include within the range of science, the province we exclude may be fitly styled the <b>metempirical</b>. <i>G. H. Lewes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Metempiricism</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met*em*pir"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science that is concerned with metempirics.</def>

<h1>Metempirics</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`em*pir"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.</def>

<h1>Metempsychose</h1> <Xpage=918>