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Webster 1913 Edition

Meek

Meek

(mēk)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Meeker
(mēk′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Meekest
.]
[OE.
mek
,
meoc
; akin to Icel.
mjūkr
mild, soft, Sw.
mjuk
, Dan.
myg
, D.
muik
, Goth.
muka
mōdei gentleness.]
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.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Meek

MEEK

,
Adj.
[L. mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt.]
1.
Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated; yielding; given to forbearance under injuries.
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all men. Num.12.
2.
Appropriately,humble, in an evangelical sense; submissive to the divine will; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory; not peevish and apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, 'Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls.' Matt.11.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matt.5.

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