medusoid

& s. [Lat., ., Medus ( a ), and Gr. eidos =form.] A. As adj .: Belonging to, characteristic of, or in any way resembling the family Meduside or the genus Medusa (q. v.). IMG:content-1060.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The free-swimming generative bud or go no phore of many of the fixed and oceanic hydrozoa. 2. The same as MEDUSIFORM-BUD (q. v.). "The medusoid - bud presented to us in the gonophore of the Sea-fir."- Roll est on : Forms of Animal Life , p. 162. meēd, *mede, *meede, s . [A. S. méd, meord; cogn. with Ger. miethe =hire; M. H. Ger. miete; O. H. Ger. mieta; Goth. miz do reward; Ru . mzda; Gr. misthos =pay.] 1. That which is given or bestowed in consideration of some merit or excellence of any kind; a reward, a recompense. "They have gained a worthier meed." Words worth: Ode (January, 1816). *2. A present, a gift. "Plutus, the god of gold, Is but his steward; no meed but he repays Seven-fold above itself." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, L 3. Deserts, deserving, merit, worth. "My meed hath got me fame." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III ., iv. & *meēd, *mede, v . t . [MEED, 8.] 1. To reward, to repay. "It is mine Anna, Got it wot, My loue that medeth with disdaine." Wyatt: Of his Loue called Anna. 2. To merit, to deserve. "My body meeds a better grave."-Heywood. meed-fül, *med-ful, a. [Eng. meed, s., and ful ( 1 ) .] Worthy of meed or reward; deserving. meed-fül-lý, *mede-ful-ly, adv . [Eng. meed ful; -ly.] According to meed or deserts; suitably. "A wight, without nedeful compulsion ought medefully to be rewarded." -Chaucer: Testament of Love , bk. iii. meēk, *meke, *meeke, *meoc, *meoke, a . [Icel. mjúkr =soft, agile, meek, mild; Sw. mjuk =soft, pliable; Dan. myg =pliant, soft: Dut. muik =soft; Goth. * muks (only in comp.); muka - mode i = gentlene .] IMG:content-1061.png:[blocks in formation] B. In trans.: To be meek, humble, or submi ive. *meek-en, *mek-en, v . t . [English meek; -en.] To make meek or mild; to soften, to humble. "Mana eh hys father had mekened himselfe." -2 Chron icles xxiii. (1551.) meek-lý, meke-11, *meke-ly, adv . [English meek, a.; -ly.] In a meek manner; with meekne , humbly, submi ively, gently, mildly.