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‖Mate (mätā́), 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 (māt), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. échec et mat. See Checkmate.] (Chess) Same as Checkmate.
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Mate, a. See 2d Mat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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, 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, 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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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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