Meet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv Meetly.

II. Meet ·adj Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

III. Meet ·vt To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

IV. Meet ·vt To assemble together; to Congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

V. Meet ·vt To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to Harmonize; to Unite.

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

VII. Meet ·vt 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.

VIII. Meet ·vt 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.

IX. Meet ·vt 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.

X. Meet ·vt 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.

XI. Meet ·vt 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.

XII. Meet ·vt 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.

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