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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[e^]t); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
   gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
   m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. 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 \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 \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 \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m?te
   moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G.
   m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss 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.]

Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv.
   Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

meet
     v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
          nice to see you again!" [syn: {ran into}, {encounter}, {run
          across}, {come across}, {see}]
     2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: {get
        together}]
     3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
        point" [syn: {converge}] [ant: {diverge}, {diverge}]
     4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {satisfy}, {fill}, {fulfill},
         {fulfil}]
     5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet
        the requirements for the degree?" [syn: {fit}, {conform to}]
     6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
        my dreams" [syn: {match}, {cope with}]
     7: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really
        handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
     8: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
        "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {gather}, {assemble},
         {forgather}, {foregather}]
     9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet
        me at the train station?"
     10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
         "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to
         play Mary" [syn: {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]
     11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
         opposition" [syn: {encounter}, {receive}]
     12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
         terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}]
     13: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two
         buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must
         not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at
         this point" [syn: {touch}, {adjoin}, {contact}]
     [also: {met}]

meet
     adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
           should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}]
     [also: {met}]

meet
     n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
         [syn: {sports meeting}]
     [also: {met}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Meet
     
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