mate

Mate Mate (m=at), n. mat, abbrev. fr. [ echec et mat. See {Checkmate}.] (Chess)
Same as {Checkmate}.
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Mate Mate, a. See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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 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. [1913 Webster]

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 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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English