1. (v.) To give out; to apportion\.

2. (v. t. & i.) To meet.

3. (v. i. & t.) To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.

4. (v.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

5. (v. i.) To measure.

6. (n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

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