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‖Ma"te (m&ä;"t&auptack_;), n. [Sp.] The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (
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Mate (m&ā;t), n. [F.
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Mate, a. See 2d
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Mate, v. t. [F.
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1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.]
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2. To checkmate.
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Mate, n. [Perhaps for older
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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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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,
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Mate, v. t.
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If she be
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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
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I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . .
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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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