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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. 3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal. Ye knew me once no mate For you there sitting where you durst not soar. --Milton. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Ma"te\, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Mate\, n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr ['e]chec et mat. See {Checkmate}.] (Chess) Same as {Checkmate}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Mate\, a. See 2d {Mat}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Mate\, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See {Mate} checkmate.] 1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To checkmate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr & vb n. {Mating}.] 1. To match; to marry. If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak. 2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon. I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mate n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: {first mate}] 2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" [syn: {teammate}] 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}, {consort}] 5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" [syn: {match}] 6: South American holly; leaves used in making a tealike drink [syn: {Paraguay tea}, {Ilex paraguariensis}] 7: informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex 8: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate v 1: make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: {copulate}, {pair}, {couple}] 2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one" [syn: {match}, {couple}, {pair}, {twin}] 3: copulate, of animals
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