Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meet \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.