Meet /(mēt)/

imp. & p. p. Met; p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

   His daughter came out to meet him.

4. 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.

   Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.

5. 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.

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 close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

   O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !

2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

   Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes.

3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

   They . . . appointed a day to meet together.

4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

   We met with many things worthy of observation.

   Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince.

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

1. Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

   It was meet that we should make merry.

1. Meetly. [Obs.]