<adj.all> it is only meet that she should be seated first
Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Met} (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meeting}.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. m[ae]ta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See {Moot}, v. t.] 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. --Judg. xi. 34.
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. --Pope.
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.
{To meet half way}, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32.
{To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), adv. Meetly. [Obs.] --Shak.
Meet \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 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 ! --Milton.
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. --Milton.
3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21.
4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
{To meet with}. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness.
We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Meet \Meet\, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
The maze design had to be adapted to meet certain U.S. standards, including exits to comply with fire codes, and breakaway panels in case of emergency.
She is Gail Palmer-Slater, 35, of Port Huron, Mich., a business entrepreneur and former porn film producer who had written Thompson several weeks earlier saying she wanted to meet him.
A company wishing to build hazardous-waste facilities in Pennsylvania must meet certain "siting criteria," such as distance from water supply and the presence of wetlands, as well as meet technical criteria such as emission levels.
A company wishing to build hazardous-waste facilities in Pennsylvania must meet certain "siting criteria," such as distance from water supply and the presence of wetlands, as well as meet technical criteria such as emission levels.
The credit agreement, the largest negotiated by the oil refiner and marketer, is mainly intended to meet the financing needs of Quaker State's Minit-Lube unit, a chain of fast-lubrication service outlets.
The initial draw will be $40 million, $20 million of which will replace $20 million previously loaned to meet an interest payment on the Trump Castle bonds.
The new transport and construction ministers meet often to try to co-ordinate policy in areas like urban development and infrastructure spending, where their departments were sometimes at loggerheads. This co-operation is the exception at the moment.
Bush plans to meet with the Senate Democrats at the White House early on Tuesday.
"I cannot meet with the leader of an invading nation," Garcia said Thursday.
Along with those higher labor costs, Bethlehem Steel was hampered by scheduled maintenance programs at its prize Sparrows Point plant, which significantly reduced capacity and forced it to buy steel from other producers to meet customer orders.
"You don't pretend it's an original painting by Zorn; it nevertheless does meet you halfway," Mr. Gardner said.
Cheney also will meet with Soviet political reform leaders.
Retailers have a recurring nightmare that seasonal shoppers will shy away from stores for fear of having to meet big bills later on. It almost never comes to pass; people get sentimental around the holidays and tend to over-spend.
"I have personally suggested to Mrs. Hollander that I thought it would be appropriate for the chairman of the board and me to meet with her and her husband and we have had no reponse, despite following up by phone," Mr. Jenkins said.
This time the New York investor said he wants to meet next Tuesday to discuss the "enhancement of shareholder values," and said he is being advised by PaineWebber Inc.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the ships would meet up off Durres but further details would be withheld at the request of the Albanian government.
Last month, Orion said in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company may have to seek protection under federal bankruptcy law if it can't meet its debt payments scheduled for the end of August.
The Persian Gulf war is expected to be on the agenda when Reagan and Gorbachev meet May 29-June 2 in Moscow.
If Mr Gonzalez fails to meet the challenge he now faces, Spain can abandon any hope of playing a fully competitive role in the economy of the new Europe.
He might be present at a later stage to meet with top Chinese government officials like Deng Xiao Ping, but not now," the spokesman said.
To calm those fears, Mr. Alberthal traveled to Washington to meet with executives of the unit's government systems group, where most of the eight executives who defected to Mr. Perot had worked.
The inspectors say: 'That company had no assets to meet such a liability.' They also criticise a 'comfort letter' from Blyth Dutton, Norton's solicitors.
Quotas will be abolished in other markets, such as beach shoes and waterproof footwear. The Commission will meet Chinese officials this week.
They meet in groups to grieve, they call each other at 3 a.m. to sob, they savor a unique joy with the coming of new mornings, the sight of sunsets.
Two weeks ago, Shamir proposed that the Egyptian leader meet with him on U.S. soil to try to find ways to resolve the Palestinian problem, but Mubarak turned him down, Pazner said.
U.S. and Vietnamese officials will meet next week in Hanoi to discuss joint efforts to search for Americans missing from the war, administration spokesmen said Thursday.
Coors has run out of capacity at its only brewery and will struggle this year to meet consumer demand for its fastgrowing Coors Light and its new, popular-priced Keystone.
Walesa was scheduled to stay in Venezuela for three days to attend the labor summit and meet Venezuelan political leaders.
Her parents were certain that they did not want such a son-in-law. When Perurena finally persuaded Mayte to meet him in a neighbouring village they were seen within minutes. Perurena learned about gamesmanship the hard way.
Bush was to meet on Tuesday with Vaclav Havel, the new president of Czechoslovakia, and the first of the new Eastern European leaders to come to the White House.