Meet (mēt), adv.
Meetly. [Obs.] Shak.
Meet (mēt), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Met (mĕt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS.
mētan, fr. mōt, gemōt, a
meeting; akin to OS. mōtian to meet, Icel.
mæta, Goth. gamōtjan. 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.
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.
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.
His daughter came out to meet him.
Judg. xi. 34.
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.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
Pope.
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.
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.
Meet, n. An assembling together;
esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who
so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meet, v. t. 1. To
come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into
proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come
face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the
street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
O, when meet now
Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !
Milton.
2. To come together with hostile purpose; to
have an encounter or conflict.
Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes.
Milton.
3. To assemble together; to congregate; as,
Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
They . . . appointed a day to meet
together.
2. Macc. xiv. 21.
4. To come together by mutual concessions;
hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
To meet with. (a) To light
upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of
unexpectedness.
We met with many things worthy of
observation.
Bacon.
(b) To join; to unite in company.
Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to
meet with a fall; to meet with a loss.
(d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.
Rowe.
(e) To obviate. [Obs.] Bacon.
Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting,
moderate, scanty, AS. mǣte moderate; akin to
gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G.
mässig moderate, gemäss fitting. See
Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified;
convenient.
It was meet that we should make
merry.
Luke xv. 32.
To be meet with, to be even with; to be
equal to. [Obs.]