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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mate \Mate\ (m[=a]t), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. ['e]chec et mat. See {Checkmate}.] (Chess) Same as {Checkmate}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mate \Mate\, a. See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.] [1913 Webster] 1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To checkmate. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mate \Ma"te\ (m[aum]"t[asl]), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mating}.] 1. To match; to marry. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd. [PJC] 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. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: mate n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: {mate}, {first mate}] 2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" [syn: {teammate}, {mate}] 3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" 4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: {spouse}, {partner}, {married person}, {mate}, {better half}] 5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" [syn: {match}, {mate}] 6: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: {mate}, {fellow}] 7: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea [syn: {mate}, {Paraguay tea}, {Ilex paraguariensis}] 8: informal term for a friend of the same sex 9: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate 10: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king [syn: {checkmate}, {mate}] v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: {copulate}, {mate}, {pair}, {couple}] 2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: {match}, {mate}, {couple}, {pair}, {twin}] 3: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn: {checkmate}, {mate}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: mate /matə/ 1. degree; grade 2. measure; measurement