From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mate \Mate\, a.
See 2d Mat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mate \Mate\ (m[=a]t), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat.
See Checkmate.] (Chess)
Same as Checkmate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mate
n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn:
mate, first mate]
2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against
his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate]
3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he
loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their
mates"
4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: spouse, partner,
married person, mate, better half]
5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made
in the notebook" [syn: match, mate]
6: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was
blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: mate, fellow]
7: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
[syn: mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis]
8: informal term for a friend of the same sex
9: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South
American holly called mate
10: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
[syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple]
2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn:
match, mate, couple, pair, twin]
3: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot
escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his
opponent after only a few moves" [syn: checkmate, mate]