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Definition of Meted out
1. Adjective. Given out in portions.
Definition of Meted out
1. Verb. (past of mete out) ¹
2. Adjective. doled out; apportioned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meted Out
Literary usage of Meted out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"The vengeance meted out to Lambe served to indicate the popular hatred of his
patron. Let Charles and George do what they can, The duke shall die like ..."
2. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"What punishment do you think ought to be meted out to a man that would go to
thrash half a dozen black people in one night for nothing ? Answer. ..."
3. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"Yet it is grievous to think that the doom which the Phœnician, in the full
consciousness of a high religious mission, meted out to the people of Himera was ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... and without substantial foundation in law; that justice has been meted out to
this defendant who, by trickery, would deprive his fellow citizens of ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... it was capable of proof, then no mercy should be shown to him more than to a
constable associated with him, and punishment should be meted out to him. ..."
6. Lecture-notes on Physics...: Pt. 1 by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1868)
"... and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in
a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ..."
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