bemete

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verb

To measure.

OriginMiddle English bemeten ← Old English bemetan ← Proto-West Germanic *bimetan →
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Meanings

verbbemete (third-person singular simple present bemetes, present participle bemeting, simple past and past participle bemeted)

present singular third person bemetes · participle present bemeting · participle past bemeted · past bemeted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo measure.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
quantify

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*bimetan
  2. Old Englishbemetan“to measure, compare, account, consider”
  3. Middle Englishbemeten
  4. Englishbemete

From Middle English bemeten, from Old English bemetan (“to measure, compare, account, consider”), from Proto-West Germanic *bimetan; equivalent to be- + mete.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

bemete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemete

MLA

“bemete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemete. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bemete,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemete.

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