Met
[met] or [mɛt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Meet
(-) imp. & p. p. of Meet.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure.
(-) p. p. of Mete, to dream.
(p. p.) of Mete
Typist: Ted
Examples
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She saw nothing more of her uncle, nor of her aunt Norris, till they met at dinner. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And it must be remembered that this poor lady had never met a gentleman in her life until this present moment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The next morning, as she was going downstairs, she was met by her father, who came out of his library with a letter in his hand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I think she is the only really happy woman I have ever met with. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It met with better success than usual. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Whenever he met the Romans in open fight he beat them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, they were talking together as if they had accidentally met in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was as if they met in exile, and united their solitary forces against all the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Laura was certainly not chargeable with any exaggeration, in writing me word that I should hardly recognise her aunt again when we met. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Ferdinand, the brother of Charles V, took over his abandoned work and met the German princes at the diet of Augsburg in 1555. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Lycurgus