Webster's Dictionary 1913

1999

Medusoid

Me‐du″soid (?), a. [Medusa + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; — said of the sessile gonophores of hydro...

2000

Meech

Meech (mēch), v. i. See Mich.

2001

Meed

Meed (mēd), n. [OE. mede, AS. mēd, meord; akin to OS. mēda, OHG. miata, mieta, G. miethe hire, Goth. mizdō reward, Bohem. & Russ. mzda, Gr. μισθόσ, Skr. mīdha. √276.] 1. That wh...

2002

Meed (2)

Meed, v. t. 1. To reward; to repay. Waytt.2. To deserve; to merit. Heywood.

2003

Meedful

Meed″ful (?), a. Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious. “Meedful works.” Wiclif.

2004

Meedfully

Meed″ful‐ly, adv. According to merit; suitably.

2005

Meek

Meek (mēk), a. [Compar.Meeker (–ẽr); superl.Meekest.] [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj�kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukamōdei gentleness.] 1. Mild of temper...

2006

Meek (2)

{ Meek, Meek″en (–'n) }, v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. Chaucer.

2007

Meekly

Meek″ly, adv. In a meek manner. Spenser.

2008

Meekness

Meek″ness, n. The quality or state of being meek.

2009

Meer

Meer (mēr), a. Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a.

2010

Meer (2)

Meer, n. See Mere, a lake.

2011

Meer (3)

Meer, n. A boundary. See Mere.

2012

Meerkat

‖Meer″kat (mēr″kăt), n.(Zoöl.) A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons.

2013

Meerschaum

Meer″schaum (mēr″sha̤m; 277), n. [G., lit., sea foam; meer sea + schaum foam; but it perh. is a corruption of the Tartaric name myrsen. Cf. Mere a lake, and Scum.] 1. (Min.) A f...

2014

Meet

Meet (mēt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Met (mĕt); p. pr. & vb. n.Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. mētan, fr. mōt, gemōt, a meeting; akin to OS. mōtian to meet, Icel. mæta, Goth. gamōtjan. See ...

2015

Meet (2)

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 ...

2016

Meet (3)

Meet, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

2017

Meet (4)

Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. mǣte moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. mässig moderate, gemäss fitting. See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper...

2018

Meet (5)

Meet (mēt), adv. Meetly. Shak.

2019

Meeten

Meet″en (mēt″'n), v. t. To render fit.

2020

Meeter

Meet″er (mēt″ẽr), n. One who meets.

2021

Meeth

Meeth (mēth), n. Mead. See Meathe. Chaucer.

2022

Meeting

Meet″ing, n. 1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.3. A congregation;...

2023

Meetinghouse

Meet″ing‐house′ (?), n. A house used as a place of worship; a church; — in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.

2024

Meetly

Meet″ly, adv. Fitly; suitably; properly.

2025

Meetness

Meet″ness, n. Fitness; suitableness; propriety.