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<hw>Mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mat</ets>, abbrev. fr. \'82chec et <ets>mat</ets>. See <er>Checkmate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chess)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Checkmate</er>.</def>

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<hw>Mate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See 2d <er>Mat</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Mate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mater</ets> to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See <er>Mate</er> checkmate.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To confuse; to confound.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To checkmate.</def>

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<hw>Mate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perhaps for older <ets>make</ets> a companion; cf. also OD. <ets>maet</ets> companion, mate, D. <ets>maat</ets>. Cf. <er>Make</er> a companion, <er>Match</er> a mate.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A suitable companion; a match; an equal.</def>

<blockquote>Ye knew me once no <b>mate</b> For you; there sitting where you durst not soar. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, <i>first mate</i>, <i>second mate</i>, <i>third mate</i>, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; <as>as, master's <ex>mate</ex>; surgeon's <ex>mate</ex>.</as></def>

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<hw>Mate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To match; to marry.</def>

<blockquote>If she be <b>mated</b> with an equal husband. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.</def>

<blockquote>There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it <b>mates</b> and masters the fear of death. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare <b>mate</b> a sounder man than Surrey can be. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; <as>as, some birds <ex>mate</ex> for life; this bird will not <ex>mate</ex> with that one.</as></def>

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<hw>Mate"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Matchless</er>.]</ety> <def>Having no mate.</def>

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<hw>Mat"e*lote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>matelot</ets> a sailor; properly, a dish such as sailors prepare.]</ety> <def>A dish of food composed of many kings of fish.</def>

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