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mete out

verb as in administrate

verb as in divvy up

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Womankind has long known that style can be used as a weapon to mete out psychological torment.

Navarro worries that may mean the politically powerful Flores family will mete out their own brand of justice.

That's why Google has decided to slowly mete out the "invites" to its new Google Voice telephone service.

Nothing would be more unworthy of this nation, than with a mean and mechanical rule, to mete out the splendour of the Crown.

Nothing would be more unworthy of this nation, than with a mean and mechanical rule, to mete out the splendor of the crown.

Beware, then, of how you mete out justice to your fellowman.

The Italians, like all the other peoples engaged in this war, hate spies bitterly, and would be quick to mete out death to us.

Yet he knew how to mete out deserved punishment unflinchingly.

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On this page you'll find 430 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mete out, such as: apply, authorize, deliver, disburse, distribute, and execute.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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