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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meek  \Meek\,  a.  [Compar.  {Meeker};  superl.  {Meekest}.]  [OE.  mek, 
  meoc;  akin  to  Icel.  mj?kr  mild,  soft,  Sw  mjuk,  Dan.  myg,  D. 
  muik,  Goth.  mukam?dei  gentleness.] 
  1.  Mild  of  temper;  not  easily  provoked  or  orritated;  patient 
  under  injuries;  not  vain,  or  haughty,  or  resentful; 
  forbearing;  submissive. 
 
  Not  the  man  Moses  was  very  meek.  --Num.  xii.  3. 
 
  2.  Evincing  mildness  of  temper,  or  patience;  characterized  by 
  mildness  or  patience;  as  a  meek  answer;  a  meek  face. 
  ``Her  meek  prayer.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Syn:  Gentle;  mild;  soft;  yielding;  pacific;  unassuming; 
  humble.  See  {Gentle}.




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