mete1

 
Pronunciation: /miːt/

verb

[with object] (mete something out)
  • dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment: he denounced the maltreatment meted out to minorities
  • (in biblical use) measure out: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again

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 meet2