The Collaborative International Dictionary
To be meet with
Meet \Meet\, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m["a]ssig moderate, gem["a]ss fitting. See Mete.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
It was meet that we should make merry.
--Luke xv. 32.
To be meet with, to be even with; to be equal to. [Obs.]