Defn: A repetition at the end of a stanza.
MET
Met, imp. & p. p.
Defn: of Meet.
MET
Met, obs. imp. & p. p.
Defn: of Mete, to measure. Chapman.
MET
Met, obs. p. p.
Defn: of Mete, to dream. Chaucer.
META-; MET- Met"a-, Met-. Etym: [Gr. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miÞ, E. mid, in midwife.]
1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; — said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively. at a level above, as metaphysics, metalanguage.