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Meted vs Melted - What's the difference?

meted | melted |

As verbs the difference between meted and melted

is that meted is past tense of mete while melted is past tense of melt.

As an adjective melted is

being in a liquid state as a result of melting.

meted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mete)
    • ----

    mete

    English

    Anagrams

    * meet, teem

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) meten, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (met)
  • (transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
  • * 1611 — 7:2
    • For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again.
  • * 1870s , Soothsay , lines 80-83
    • ''the Power that fashions man
    ''Measured not out thy little span
    ''For thee to take the meting -rod
    ''In turn,
  • To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
  • * 1833 —
    • Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
    Unequal laws unto a savage race

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) ("distaff").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
    • ----

    melted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (melt)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being in a liquid state as a result of melting.
    • Melted ice cream just isn't as much fun to eat.

    See also

    * (l)