Meet - MEET, a. [L. convenio.] Fit; suitable; proper; qualified; convenient; adapted, as to a use or purpose.
Ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. Deu 3.
It was meet that we should make merry--Luke 15.
Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Mat 3.
MEET, v.t. pret. and pp. met. [Gr. with.]
1. To come together, approaching in opposite or different directions; to come face to face; as, to meet a man in the road.
His daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. Judg 11.
2. To come together in any place; as, we met many strangers at the levee.
3. To come together in hostility; to encounter. The armies met on the plains of Pharsalia.
4. To encounter unexpectedly.
5. To come together in extension; to come in contact; to join. The line A meets the line B and forms an angle.
6. To come to; to find; to light on; to receive. The good man meets his reward; the criminal in due time meets the punishment he deserves.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
MEET, v.i. To come together or to approach near, or into company with. How pleasant it is for friends to meet on the road; still more pleasant to meet in a foreign country.
1. To come together in hostility; to encounter. The armies met at Waterloo, and decided the fate of Buonaparte.
2. To assemble; to congregate. The council met at 10 o'clock. The legislature will meet on the first Wednesday in the month.
3. To come together by being extended; to come in contact; to join. Two converging lines will meet in a point.
To meet with; to light on; to find; to come to; often with the sense of an unexpected event.
We met with many things worthy of observation.
1. To join; to unite in company.
Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us.
2. To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss.
3. To encounter; to engage in opposition.
Royal mistress,
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.
4. To obviate; a Latinism.
To meet half way, to approach from an equal distance and meet; metaphorically, to make mutual and equal concessions, each party renouncing some pretensions.
Mention - MEN'TION, n. [L. mentio, from Gr. to put in mind; L. moneo and mind.] A hint; a suggestion; a brief notice or remark expressed in words or writing; used chiefly after make.
Make no mention of other gods. Josh 23.
I will make mention of thy righteousness. Psa 71.
Without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers. Rom 1.
MEN'TION, v.t. To speak; to name; to utter a brief remark; to state a particular fact, or to express it in writing. It is applied to something thrown in or added incidentally in a discourse or writing, and thus differs from the sense of relate, recite, and narrate. I mentioned to him a fact that fell under my own observation. In the course of conversation, that circumstance was mentioned.
I will mention the loving-kindness of the Lord. Isa 63.
Mercy - MER'CY, n. [L. misericordia.]
1. That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, and induces an injured person to forgive trespasses and injuries, and to forbear punishment, or inflict less than law or justice will warrant. In this sense, there is perhaps no word in our language precisely synonymous with mercy. That which comes nearest to it is grace. It implies benevolence, tenderness, mildness, pity or compassion, and clemency, but exercised only towards offenders. Mercy is a distinguishing attribute of the Supreme Being.
The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty. Num 14.
2. An act or exercise of mercy or favor. It is a mercy that they escaped.
I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies. Gen 32.
3. Pity; compassion manifested towards a person in distress.
And he said, he that showed mercy on him. Luke 10.
4. Clemency and bounty.
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy. Prov 28.
5. Charity, or the duties of charity and benevolence.
I will have mercy and not sacrifice. Mat 9.
6. Grace; favor. 1 Cor 7. Jude 2.
7. Eternal life, the fruit of mercy. 2 Tim 1.
8. Pardon.
I cry thee mercy with all my heart.
9. The act of sparing, or the forbearance of a violent act expected. The prisoner cried for mercy.
To be or to lie at the mercy of, to have no means of self-defense, but to be dependent for safety on the mercy or compassion of another, or in the power of that which is irresistible; as, to be at the mercy of a foe, or of the waves.
Mightily - MI'GHTILY, adv. [from mighty.] With great power, force of strength; vigorously; as, to strive mightily.
1. Vehemently; with great earnestness.
Cry mightily to God. Jonah 3.
2. Powerfully; with great energy.
Whereto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col 1.
3. With great strength of argument.
He mightily convinced the Jews. Acts 18.
4. With great or irresistible force; greatly; extensively.
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Acts 19.
5. With strong means of defense.
Fortify the power mightily. Nahum 2.
6. Greatly; to a great degree; very much.
I was mightily pleased with a story applicable to this piece of philosophy.
[Admissible in colloquial and familiar language.]
Mighty - MI'GHTY, a. Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as a mighty arm.
1. Very strong; valiant; bold; as a mighty man of valor. Judg 6.
2. Very powerful; having great command.
Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. Gen 10.
3. Very strong in numbers; as a mighty nation. Gen 18.
4. Very strong or great in corporeal power; very able.
Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine. Isa 5.
5. Violent; very loud; as mighty thunderings. Exo 9. Psa 68.
6. Vehement; rushing with violence; as a mighty wind or tempest. Exo 10. Rev 6.
7. Very great; vast; as mighty waters. Neh 9.
8. Very great or strong; as mighty power. 2 Chr 26.
9. Very forcible; efficacious; as, great is truth and mighty.
10. Very great or eminent in intellect or acquirements; as the mighty Scaliger and Selden.
11. Great; wonderful; performed with great power; as mighty works. Mat 11.
12. Very severe and distressing; as a mighty famine. Luke 15.
13. Very great, large or populous; as a mighty city. Rev 18.
14. Important; momentous.
I'll sing of heroes and of kings,
In mighty numbers mighty things.
MI'GHTY, adv. In a great degree; very; as might wise; mighty thoughtful. [Colloquial.]