See mete in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To set aside or distribute as a share.
Also used with out: admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out. See collect- (Archaic)
To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of:
gauge, measure. Idiom: take the measure of. See big
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