v. Obs. [OE. bemetan, f. BE- pref. 2 + metan to METE; but in Shaks. prob. an independent re-formation.] trans. To measure.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., III. ix. § 7. Hie … hie selfe siþþan wið Alexander to nohte ne bemætan.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., IV. iii. 113. I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard.
