Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mete \Mete\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG.
   mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m["a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus
   measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ?
   a corn measure, and ultimately from the same root as E.
   measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure.
   [root]99. Cf. {Measure}, {Meet}, a., {Mode}.]
   To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule
   or standard; to measure.

Mete \Mete\, v. i.
   To measure. [Obs.] --Mark iv. 24.

Mete \Mete\, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.]
   Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
   in the phrase metes and bounds.

Mete \Mete\, n.
   Meat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Mete \Mete\, v. t. & i.
   To meet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS.
   m?tan.]
   To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.]
   ``I mette of him all night.'' --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

mete
     n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: {boundary line}, {border},
          {borderline}, {delimitation}]