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Mate \Mate\ (m[=a]t), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat.
See {Checkmate}.] (Chess)
Same as {Checkmate}.
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Mate \Mate\, a.
See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate,
checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.]
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1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To checkmate.
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Mate \Mate\, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also
OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. {Make} a companion,
{Match} a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion;
an associate; any object which is associated or combined
with a similar object.
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2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the
lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation
and the care of their young.
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3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
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Ye knew me once no mate
For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
--Milton.
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4. (Naut.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below
the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title,
they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate,
third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or
assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
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Mate \Ma"te\ (m[aum]"t[asl]), n. [Sp.]
The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly
({Ilex Paraguensis}). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with
an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South
America.
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Mate \Mate\, v. i.
To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual
companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will
not mate with that one.
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Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mating}.]
1. To match; to marry.
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If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.
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2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to
compete with.
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There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but
it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.
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I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . .
Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.
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3. To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of
breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd.
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4. To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link;
as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut
inaccessible branches.
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