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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. maeta, 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. [1913 Webster] Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. [1913 Webster] They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21. [1913 Webster] 4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. [1913 Webster] {To meet with}. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. [1913 Webster] We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m[aum]ssig moderate, gem[aum]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [1913 Webster] It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32. [1913 Webster] {To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: meet adj 1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: {fitting}, {meet}] n 1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: {meet}, {sports meeting}] v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {run into}, {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}] 2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: {meet}, {get together}] 3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: {converge}, {meet}] [ant: {diverge}] 4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {meet}, {satisfy}, {fill}, {fulfill}, {fulfil}] 5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: {meet}, {fit}, {conform to}] 6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" [syn: {meet}, {match}, {cope with}] 7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {meet}, {gather}, {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}] 8: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" 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: {meet}, {encounter}, {play}, {take on}] 11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}] 12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: {suffer}, {meet}] 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}, {meet}, {contact}]