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Meanings of mete in английском

португальский
fronteira
каталонский
frontera
испанский
frontera

A line that indicates a boundary.

        fronteira

        The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.

              To dispense (punishment or suffering).

                    Usage of mete in английском
                    1
                    If you hurry, you may mete out your disciplines before classes begin.
                    James Potter and the Morrigan Web
                    2
                    With what measure they mete, it has been meted to them again.
                    Lectures on the English Poets; Delivered at the Surrey Instituti...
                    3
                    I am not a policeman, or a priest, to mete out punishment.
                    Guilty Pleasures
                    4
                    She could hurry back to the old storeroom and mete out punishment.
                    American empire: blood and iron
                    5
                    Come to me, and we shall mete out our justice for their crimes!
                    Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
                    6
                    Ford will still mete out bonuses in 2011, Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans said.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    If not, the judge will mete out to them the punishment they deserve.
                    The Puritan Twins
                    8
                    I'd disrespected him and deserved whatever he had to mete out.
                    The last four days of Paddy Buckley
                    9
                    I must take what you mete out to me-andbear it.
                    The Inner Shrine
                    10
                    Perhaps he would mete out some terrible chastisement against my presumption.
                    The Scarlet Pimpernel
                    11
                    For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
                    Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
                    12
                    But when they mete to them or weigh to them, minish-
                    The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
                    13
                    I will haul you before Demos, who will mete out justice to you.
                    The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
                    14
                    And with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
                    The Gospel of Matthew for Readers
                    15
                    With wrath and ire he rose to mete out justice to this highwayman.
                    Peggy Stewart at School
                    16
                    With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
                    The Gospel of Mark for Readers
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                    Translations for mete
                    португальский
                    fronteirabordalimitedelimitação
                    испанский
                    frontera
                    Mete through the time
                    Mete across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common