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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a line that indicates a boundary;
[syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mete \Mete\, n. Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mete \Mete\ (m[=e]t), 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[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mete \Mete\, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See Mete to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mete n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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