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.
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.
It was meet that we should make merry. --Luke xv. 32.
{To be meet with}, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]