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meed
[ meed ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a reward or recompense.
meed
/ miːd /
noun
- archaic.a recompense; reward
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meed1
before 900; Middle English mede, Old English mēd; cognate with German Miete hire; akin to Old English meord, Gothic mizdō, Greek misthós reward
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meed1
Old English: wages; compare Old High German mēta pay
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Example Sentences
Nancy made a flat cake of white flour with a sprinkling of sugar on top, and Jenny pulled tender radishes and onions from her garden to give the taste of spring to their meed.
From Literature
Their only meed--some execrating word To blight the hour when first their voice was heard.'
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We make war oftentimes for a little childish anger, or for hunger of money, or for thirst of glory, or else for filthy meed.
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Each float in passing received its meed of praise and applause.
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Let the sick starve and the breasts of the women run dry, so long as God receives due meed of sacrifice.
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