v. t.
Our very loving sister, well bemet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. best-looking; -- used of clothing;
n. [ See Helpmate. ] A wife; a helpmate. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His daughter came out to meet him. Judg. xi. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
To meet half way,
v. t.
O, when meet now
Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
They . . . appointed a day to meet together. 2. Macc. xiv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
To meet with.
From the fierce prince. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m&aemacr_;te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. mässig moderate, gemäss fitting. See Mete. ] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was meet that we should make merry. Luke xv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be meet with,
adv. Meetly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To render fit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who meets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Mead. See Meathe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Fitly; suitably; properly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fitness; suitableness; propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A meeting for mirth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A religious service mainly in song. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. sme&unr_;en, AS. sm&unr_;&unr_;ian. See Smooth. ] To smooth. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for. “Unmeet for a wife.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
And all unmeet our carpet floors. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ]
. A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]