Rare, chiefly literary: to arrange text according to metrical form.
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To arrange (words or lines) in a particular metrical pattern. The lyricist metred the verses to match the tune.
Attributive use, typically before another noun to denote an object one metre in length.
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Designating or measuring a length expressed in metres (usually in combination with a numeral and used attributively). They installed a 15-metre fence around the field.