[miːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment
(e.g: punishments meted out to soldiers who violated army regulations)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English metan ‘measure’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meten and German messen ‘to measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin meditari ‘meditate’, Greek medesthai ‘care for’, also by meet

[miːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a boundary or boundary stone


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin meta ‘boundary, goal’