to be meet with

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to be meet with - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS.
     m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete,
     and G. m[aum]ssig moderate, gem[aum]ss fitting. See Mete.]
     Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
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           It was meet that we should make merry.   --Luke xv. 32.
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     To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]
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