Meet \Meet\, v. t.
   1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in
      contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite
      directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in
      close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines
      meet so as to form an angle.
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            O, when meet now
            Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined !
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an
      encounter or conflict.
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            Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
            May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton.
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   3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on
      the first Monday of December.
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            They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2.
                                                  Macc. xiv. 21.
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   4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;
      to harmonize; to unite.
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   To meet with.
      (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the
          sense of unexpectedness.
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                We met with many things worthy of observation.
                                                  --Bacon.
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      (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak.
      (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to
          meet with a loss.
      (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
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                Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
                From the fierce prince.           --Rowe.
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      (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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