Mete

met, v. To ascertain the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of by rule or standard; to measure.— lieasure; limit: boundary. [AS. met an, to measure; L. mctiri, Skr. ma, to measure, modus measure, moderation, Gr. medein, to rule, metron, a measure, E. meet, measure, maiure, manual, material, moral, mode, modest, month, moon, barometer, immense, etc.] — Mefage, n. Measurement of coal; charge for measuring. — Me'ter, n. One who, or that which, metes or measures; esp. an instrument for measuring the consumption of gas, also of water; a licensed measurer of coal before its delivery for sale. Me'ter, -tre, n. Rhythmical arrangement of words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; number of syllables in a verse, etc.; rhythm; measure; verse; a decimal measure of length = 39.37 inches. [ME. and OF. metre, L. metrum, Gr. metron.'] — Met'ric, mOfrik, a. Pert, to the decimal system of weights and measures, in which the mete'- the unit of linear, square, and cubic measure. — Metrical, a. Pert, to measure, or due arrangement or combination of long and short syllables; consisting of verses; poetically measured; employed in, or obtained by, measurement.—