meed
meed · meeds · meeded · meeding
To reward; bribeTo reward; bribe.
/miːd/
» History's page hath yielded to thee her meed of praise.
menaud · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To reward; bribe.
(transitive)To deserve; merit.
Examples
1 sentencesHistory's page hath yielded to thee her meed of praise.
Origin
From Middle English meden, from Old English *mēdian (“to reward, bribe”), from Proto-WestFrom Middle English meden, from Old English *mēdian (“to reward, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdōn, from Proto-Germanic *mizdōną (“to reward”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰ- (“to pay”). Cognate with German Low German meden (“to hire, lease, rent”), German mieten (“to rent”).
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Forms
meeds, meeding, meeded, meededWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsosh meed
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle