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, n. An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. mte moderate; akin to
gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. mässig moderate, gemäss fitting.
See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
It was meet that we should make merry.
Luke xv. 32.