mete+out
31mete — 1. verb /miːt/ a) To measure. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. b) To dispense, measure (out), allot ( …
32mete something out — dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc. → mete …
33mete — [miːt] verb mete sth out …
34mete — 1. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by out) literary apportion or allot (a punishment or reward). 2 poet. or Bibl. measure. Phrases and idioms: mete wand (or yard) a standard of estimation. Etymology: OE metan f. Gmc., rel. to MEET(1) 2. n. a boundary or… …
35mete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. apportion, administer, apply (see apportionment). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. allot, measure out, dispense, administer; see distribute 1 , give 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To set aside or… …
36mete — , meet The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
37mete, meet — The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
38mete, meet — The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
39mete — miËt n. limit; boundary; setting of a boundary v. divide and give out, budget, allot …
40give out — Synonyms and related words: accord, administer, afford, air, allot, allow, award, be consumed, be used up, bestow, bestow on, blow, break, break down, break it to, break the news, breathe, breathe out, broach, burn out, cave in, circulate,… …
