OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 13581

mete

/miːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dispensar • extender • medir
To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race
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