verb
definition
To measure.
definition
(usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
Examples of mete in a Sentence
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again " .
Help is good in all places, and " with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted unto you again.
Children at this stage also mete out justice in an eye-for-an-eye manner or according to Golden Rule logic.
The oak of Vincennes, under which the king would sit to mete out justice, cast its shade over the whole political action of Louis IX.
Unhappily, despite its warm assurances of American friendship, this document met with a most hostile reception in Italy, where it was interpreted as an attempt to undermine the position of her spokesmen and so mete out to her a different measure from that prescribed by France and Britain.