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   Plate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plated; p. pr. & vb. n. Plating.]
   1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
   
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   2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
   
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   Thus plated in habiliments of war. Shak.
   
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   3. To adorn with plated metal; as, “a plated harness”.
   
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   4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminæ.
   
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   5. To calender; as, “to plate paper”.
   
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