To meet with Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; often with the sense of unexpectedness.

   We met with many things worthy of observation. Bacon.

   (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.

   Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. Rowe.

   (e) To obviate. Obs. Bacon.