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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mated 
  adj  1:  mated  sexually  [ant:  {unmated}] 
  2:  used  of  gloves,  socks,  etc  [syn:  {paired}] 
  3:  of  or  relating  to  a  marriage  partner 




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