mete out

as ininflict

as inportion
as inration
as insentence
as inshare
as insplit
as inadministrate
as inadminister
as indeal
as indish out
as indispense
as indivvy up
as indole out

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Word Origin & History

"to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt, past participle meten), from Proto-Germanic *metanan (cf. Old Saxon metan, Old Frisian, Old Norse meta, Dutch meten, Old High German mezzan, German messen, Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see medical). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.

Example Sentences for mete out

Love is not mete out in strict proportion to the merits of those we love.

With wrath and ire he rose to mete out justice to this highwayman.

Confucius said, Love is to mete out five things to all below heaven.

Beware, then, of how you mete out justice to your fellowman.

The law should mete out to them the same rewards and punishments.

The other cannot give you your right; he cannot "mete out right" to you.

Mete out the sulphur Into the alembic Of Cleopatra's crystal.

It could mete out any punishment, except death or any dismemberment.

I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

Nay, and with that measure with which we mete out to others, with the same measure shall it not be meted out to ourselves?

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