meet \meet\ m=et, v. t. imp.  p. p. met me^t; p. pr.
    vb. n. meeting. oe. meten, as. m=etan, fr. m=ot,
   gem=ot, a meeting; akin to os. m=otian to meet, icel.
   maeta, goth. gam=otjan. see moot, v. t.
   1. to join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
      with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon
      or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact
      by following and overtaking.
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   2. to come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
      encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated
      them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
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   3. to come into the presence of without contact; to come
      close to; to intercept; to come within the perception,
      influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a
      junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to
      meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
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            his daughter came out to meet him.    --judg. xi.
                                                  34.
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   4. to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
      acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye
      met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
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            of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
            which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
                                                  --pope.
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   5. to come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
      satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the
      supply meets the demand.
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   to meet half way, literally, to go half the distance
      between in order to meet one; hence, figuratively, to
      yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
      a compromise or reconciliation with.
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met meeting moot to meet half way 

mete \mete\, v. i.  t. imp. mette; p. p. met. as.
   m?tan.
   to dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, i dreamed. obs.
   "i mette of him all night." --chaucer.
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met \met\,
   imp.  p. p. of meet.
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met \met\, obs.
   imp.  p. p. of mete, to measure. --chapman.
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met \met\, obs.
   p. p. of mete, to dream. --chaucer.
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meta- \met"a-\, met- \met-\ gr. meta` between, with, after;
   akin to as. mid with, g. mit, goth. mithorn, e. mid, in
   midwife.
   1. a prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over,
      about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing
      after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over;
      metathesis, a placing reversely.
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   2. chem. a prefix denoting:
      a other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence,
          metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.
      b organic chem. that two replacing radicals, in the
          benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1
          and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2;
          as, metacresol, etc. see ortho-, and para-.
      c inorganic chem. having less than the highest number
          of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as,
          metaphosphoric acid. also used adjectively.
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   3. a prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics,
      metalanguage.
      pjc
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meet
     adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
           should be seated first" syn: fitting
     n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
         syn: sports meeting
     v 1: come together; "i'll probably see you at the meeting"; "how
          nice to see you again" syn: ran into, encounter, run
          across, come across, see
     2: get together socially or for a specific purpose syn: get
        together
     3: be adjacent or come together; "the lines converge at this
        point" syn: converge ant: diverge, diverge
     4: fill or meet a want or need syn: satisfy, fill, fulfill,
         fulfil
     5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "does this paper meet
        the requirements for the degree?" syn: fit, conform to
     6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
        my dreams" syn: match, cope with
     7: get to know; get acquainted with; "i met this really
        handsome guy at a bar last night"; "we met in singapore"
     8: collect in one place; "we assembled in the church basement";
        "let's gather in the dining room" syn: gather, assemble,
         forgather, foregather
     9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "can you meet
        me at the train station?"
     10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
         "princeton plays yale this weekend"; "charlie likes to
         play mary" syn: encounter, play, take on
     11: experience as a reaction; "my proposal met with much
         opposition" syn: encounter, receive
     12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
         terrible fate" syn: suffer
     13: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "the two
         buildings touch"; "their hands touched"; "the wire must
         not contact the metal cover"; "the surfaces contact at
         this point" syn: touch, adjoin, contact
     also: met
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fitting sports meeting ran into encounter run across come across 
see get together converge diverge satisfy 
fill fulfill fulfil fit conform to 
match cope with gather assemble forgather 
foregather play take on receive suffer 
touch adjoin contact met 

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     see meet
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     middle european time +0100 tz, cet, metdst, mez