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▪ I. † i-mete, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemǽte (= OHG. gemâȥe, MHG. gemêȥe), f. mǽte meet a.]
Moderate; meet, fit, appropriate.
[a1000Cædmon's Daniel 492 (Gr.) Wearð him hyrra hyᵹe..þonne ᵹemet wæ re.] c1175Lamb. Hom. 105 Temperantia þet is metnesse on englisc, þet mon beo imete on alle þing. c1205Lay. 6584 He wes of his speche ælche monne imete. a1300Leg. Rood (1871) 30 Hi ne miȝte it make Imete.
Hence † i-metnesse, moderation.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 101 Imetnesse is alre mihta moder.
▪ II. i-mete v.
see ymete, to meet.
▪ III. i-mete(n
ME. pa. pple. of mete v., to measure. |