(v. i. & t.) To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.
(a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
(v. i.) To measure.
(n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although B12 supplementation results in a 10-fold repression of metE-lacZ expression, homocysteine addition to the growth medium overrides the B12-mediated repression.
(2) The deputy prime minister branded the treatment meted out to the four-year-old by his mother, Magdelena Luczak, and stepfather, Mariusz Krezolek, as evil and vile, but suggested it was up to the whole of society to stop such tragedies.
(3) This raises two issues: first, the treatment being meted out to thousands of people should be a moral offence to all of us; and second, our flexible labour market and increasingly brutal welfare system are now so constructed that even if you are doing well, it is perfectly possible that you could fall ill, and then find yourself just as terrified as the thousands who are currently being herded through the WCA process.
(4) The vitamin B12 (B12)-mediated repression of the metE gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium requires the B12-dependent transmethylase, the metH gene product.
(5) The ubiE gene was shown to be cotransducible with metE (minute 75) and close to two other genes concerned with ubiquinone biosynthesis.
(6) When this plasmid was used to transform either wild-type E. coli, metE mutant, or metR mutant, MetE enzyme activity increased 5- to 7-fold over wild-type levels.
(7) This conserved sequence shows homology to a sequence preceding the S. typhimurium metE gene determined to bind the MetR regulatory protein.
(8) Eight metH mutants in Salmonella typhimurium with closely linked sites of mutation which could grow only on methionine were isolated from a metE mutant deficient in N(5)-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate-homocysteine transmethylase; their deficiency in cobalamin-dependent N(5)-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine transmethylase was supported by the results of enzyme studies of one of them.
(9) The data of conjugational and transductional experiments presented in this report demonstrate that the udpPf1 inversion covers a chromosomal segment extending over 12 min of the E. coli genetic map and including the rpsE, crp and metE::Tn5 markers.
(10) For vitamin B12 and methionine to act as regulatory effectors in metE control, functional metH and metJ genes are required, respectively.
(11) Helena Smith in Athens says head of state president Carolos Papoulias has launched an attack on the fiscal policies being meted out by the country's creditors.
(12) Although the transformed cells produced large amounts of the metE protein in vivo, in vitro studies using pJ19 as template showed low synthesis of the metE protein.
(13) It is the latest sorry chapter in what has been a bad year for London's Square Mile, which is still digesting the record fine meted out to Barclays for attempting to rig Libor and the fulsome apology from HSBC, which admitted helping Mexican drug barons launder money.
(14) The former mutation lies near metE at min 75 and has been designated as bioP.
(15) Golovkin, without so much as a blemish on his cherubic visage, continued to mete out punishment.
(16) We used a metE-lacZ fusion phage (lambda Elac) to select for mutants with operator-constitutive mutations in the Salmonella typhimurium metE control region.
(17) Finally, it is known that vitamin B12 can repress expression of the metE gene.
(18) In transduction, the mutation mapped close to genes ilvD and metE at minute 84.
(19) This plasmid, pJ19, was used to transform Escherichia coli strain 2276, a metE mutant, and restore the MetE+ phenotype.
(20) Far from bridging the gap between Greece and its partners, the medicine meted out by international creditors has exacerbated the country’s decline.
Mute
Definition:
(v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
(v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
(n.) The dung of birds.
(a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
(a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
(a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
(a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
(n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
(n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
(n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
(n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
(n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
(n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
(n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such conditions may influence the personality of offspring of deaf-mute people.
(2) No wonder public discussion of this most unexpected scientific development has so far been muted and respectful, waiting for the expert community that discovered the anomaly by accident – the Opera experiment at Gran Sasso was devised to isolate different varieties of neutrino, not to test Einstein – to work out what it all means, or doesn't.
(3) But its protests were far more muted than the complaints which saw off plans for drills there earlier this year.
(4) to produce speech for the mute, man-machine communication through speech in industry control, data processing systems and uses in audiological diagnostics.
(5) Ten months on, reactions are likely to be more muted.
(6) When it transpired that he had, if not in the way he might have wanted, he and his corner leapt in the air, before the realization of the ugly mood of the crowd muted the celebrations.
(7) Likewise, his criticism of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill , which proposed the death penalty for same-sex acts, was muted.
(8) Nobody is sure what dangerous chemical imbalance this would create but the Fiver is convinced we'd all be dust come October or November, the earth scorched, with only three survivors roaming o'er the barren landscape: Govan's answer to King Lear, ranting into a hole in the ground; a mute, wild-eyed pundit, staring without blinking into a hole in the ground; and a tall, irritable figure standing in front of the pair of them, screaming in the style popularised by Klaus Kinski, demanding they take a look at his goddamn trouser arrangement, which he has balanced here on the platform of his hand for easy perusal, or to hell with them, for they are no better than pigs, worthless, spineless pigs.
(9) Additional studies revealed that the muted effects of PTHrP occurred via a PTH-independent mechanism.
(10) Winning a majority muted that speculation without eradicating the ambitions that fuelled it.
(11) Eight of 9 Mute swans (Cygnus olor) untied in the river acrossing the central part of Tottori-city died within the period of 40 days of summer in 1989.
(12) While calling for an end to the violence and democratic reform, western and other Arab countries have mostly muted their criticism of the killings and repression in Syria for fear of destabilising the country, which plays a strategic role across the Middle East.
(13) Another sci-fi film, Mute, which he describes as "my love letter to Blade Runner", is already in development and will be filmed in Berlin.
(14) It appeared, however, that she was muting her resistance to an expanded if limited ECB role, clearing the way for central bank and International Monetary Fund interventions that might take the edge off the immediate emergency and provide a breathing space for a more systemic political response.
(15) Indeed, the language of the ethic of care may give a voice to nurses who previously felt morally mute.
(16) Lysosomal enzyme secretion in response to thrombin treatment was partially reduced in muted platelets and markedly reduced in mocha platelets.
(17) Sandwood Bay in Scotland Photograph: Alamy Am Buachaille, a rocky sea stack, stood guard-like to one side, the giant grey slabs which cut into the sea were bathed in frothing waves, and the dim glow of the Cape Wrath lighthouse sent out a muted white beam beyond the cliffs to my right.
(18) Even in the wake of Newtown, the shift toward gun safety policies has been relatively muted .
(19) Violence, public and domestic, in peace and war, is muted by the modulated tones of civilised life.
(20) If I had been seeing red upon learning the dark projections for my health, my world was returning to its known colors, now muted with that knowledge that comes eventually for everyone: that the body is not the friend you thought was.