Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Measuring.
- noun A Middle English form of
meeting . - noun A dream.
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- verb Present participle of
mete .
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Examples
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Just like Holy-Blowbag Joe will never himself practice ‘Silence is Golden’ – the USA will never stand firm in meting out fair critism against an Israeli abuse.
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For the receiving party the confession and apology allows a sense of justice in meting out punishment, but it can easily become the occasion for building up a full head of indignation: I was wronged, and I want to defend that high ground of self-righteousness as long as possible.
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For the receiving party the confession and apology allows a sense of justice in meting out punishment, but it can easily become the occasion for building up a full head of indignation: I was wronged, and I want to defend that high ground of self-righteousness as long as possible.
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It is not indeed requisite that the strict letter of law should always be observed in meting out punishment.
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Dr. Lightfoot says, "He laid them on the ground and measured them with a cord, who should be slain and who should live;" and this is called meting out the valley of Succoth, Ps. lx.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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Hate to inform you of this, TP, but person X's "own personal gain" and self-justifications are irrelevant and quite properly NOT considered in the weighing of crimes, the judgment of evil, or the meting of punishment.
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As usual, the general took his frustrations out on his men, meting out brutal punishments for this or that.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In the past, rights activists have accused fans of going on rampages through the city after matches, meting out violence to people of darker complexion.
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Coughlin Agrees Hits Should Be Deterred After a flurry of vicious hits sending players to the sidelines Sunday, Giants coach Tom Coughlin the NFL said it could soon start meting out suspensions for helmet-to-helmet hits.
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People get killed as a result of criminal court judges who are, apparently, congenitally incapable of meting out justice.
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