"mese" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mese, mes, mees (“dinner, dish”), from Old English mēse, mēose, mīse, mȳse (“table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”). Cognate with Scots mes, mese (“a serving of food”), Old High German mias, meas (German Mus, Gemüse), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍃 (mēs). Compare Old English mēsan (“to eat, dine”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsijaną, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą, an ablaut variant of the root Proto-Germanic *mat- (“food”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mese}} Middle English mese, {{m|enm|mes}} mes, {{m|enm|mees||dinner, dish}} mees (“dinner, dish”), {{inh|en|ang|mēse}} Old English mēse, {{m|ang|mēose}} mēose, {{m|ang|mīse}} mīse, {{m|ang|mȳse||table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal}} mȳse (“table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|LL.|mēnsa|mē(n)sa|t=table; meal}} Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”), {{cog|sco|mes}} Scots mes, {{m|sco|mese||a serving of food}} mese (“a serving of food”), {{cog|goh|mias}} Old High German mias, {{m|goh|meas}} meas, {{m|de|Mus}} Mus, {{m|de|Gemüse}} Gemüse, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌴𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍃 (mēs), {{cog|ang|mēsan||to eat, dine}} Old English mēsan (“to eat, dine”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōsijaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōsijaną, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōsą}} Proto-Germanic *mōsą, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*matiz|*mat-|food}} Proto-Germanic *mat- (“food”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mese (plural meses)
  1. (obsolete) A dinner; meal. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Meals Synonyms: mease
    Sense id: en-mese-en-noun-06213Gyf Disambiguation of Meals: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: meses [present, singular, third-person], mesing [participle, present], mesed [participle, past], mesed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English mesen, of North Germanic origin. More at meek. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mesen}} Middle English mesen, {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic Head templates: {{en-verb}} mese (third-person singular simple present meses, present participle mesing, simple past and past participle mesed)
  1. To moderate; subdue; abate; mollify.
    Sense id: en-mese-en-verb-DgQJ4xZY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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