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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Meek

/(mēk)/ · IPA /mik/
01 a. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.
  1. 1.
    Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.
    “Now the man Moses was very meek.” — Num. xii. 3.
  2. 2.
    Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
Syn. Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle.
02 v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.
  1. 1.
    To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.[Obs.]