| 单词 | to be meet with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be meet (also †meets) with b. to be meet (also †meets) with: to be even or quits with; to be revenged upon. Now rare (English regional). Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > take vengeance on > be revenged upon to be even witha1500 to have one's pennyworths out ofa1566 to be meet (also meets) with1584 to be with1597 to get even with1846 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 1v It was cardes and cardes betwene them, the one being full meete and quit with the other. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 45 You taxe Signior Benedicke too much, but heele be meet with you. View more context for this quotation 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 187 The foule ill take me if I be not revenged and meet with thee. 1613 T. Potts Wonderfull Discov. Witches sig. E4v Well said then (sayes Anne Chattox) I will be meet with the one of you. And vpon the next day after, she the said Anne Nutter fell sicke, and within three weekes after died. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision Pref. 12 An Unjust, Terrible Devil..that..will be severely meet with them for all the..Scorn they have cast even on his Being and Power. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (at cited word) I'll be meets with him. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 54 I'll be meet wi' tha. < as lemmas |
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