By his warkes knowen is euery creature For if one good, louynge, mekeand charitable be.
Unite and accord, above al other thinges, she desyreth in a good meke maner; and suffereth many wicked 80 tales.
The Pellican began to preche Both of mercy and of mekeness; And sayd, that "Christ so gan us teche, 95 And meke and merciable gan bless.
Mercy highte that mayde, A meke thyng withalle, A ful benigne burde, And buxom of speche.
Ac God sente hem foode by foweles, And by no fierse beestes, In menynge that meke thyng Mylde thyng sholde fede.
Afterward another, Onliche he blissede The meke of the myddel-erde Through myght of his fader.
And tho that he was worthy he was wise, And of his port as meke as is a mayde: He never yet no vilanie had sayde In alle his lif unto any manere wyht.
For I woot wel, be thow went, Thei wol werche ful ille; For meschief it maketh Thei be so meke nouthe, And for defaute of hire foode 4210 This folk is at my wille.
The Prestes tho gon hom ayein, And sche goth to hire sovereign, Of goddes wille and as it was Sche tolde him al the pleine cas, Wherof he was deceived eke, And bad that sche hire scholde meke Al hol unto the goddes heste.
And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde.
Grisildis mot al suffren and consente; And as a lamb she sitteth meke and stille, And leet this cruel sergeant doon his wille.
This clerk was cleped hende Nicholas; Of derne love he coude and of solas; 3200 And ther-to be was sleigh and ful privee, And lyk a mayden meke for to see.
Now sith ye han so holy and meke a wyf, What nedeth yow, Thomas, to maken stryf?
Wol ye thanne that I go and meke me and obeye me to hem, and crye hem mercy?
Hir meke preyere and hir pitous chere Made the markis herte han pitee.
For thilke spouse, that she took but now Ful lyk a fiers leoun, she sendeth here, As meke as ever was any lamb, to yow!
For hem semethe, that whoso evere be meke and paycyent, he is holy and profitable: for thanne thei seyn, he hathe alle vertues in him.
And they seyn also, that Jesu Crist spak als sone as he was born; and that he was an holy prophete and a trewe, in woord and dede, and meke and pytous and rightefulle and with outen ony vyce.
Goostly lyf requyreth no dignyte temporall / though all ye be neuer so meke / yet your spouse was & is moche more meker.
Curtesye wol that ye socour Hem that ben meke undir your cure.
My Freend hath seid to me so wel, That he me esid hath somdel, 3390 And eek allegged of my torment; For through him had I hardement Agayn to Daunger for to go, To preve if I might meke him so.
Which though Christ taught thē euer to be meke & to vmble thē selues/ yet oft stroue amonge them selues who shuld be greatest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
