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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matched}; p. pr & vb n. {Matching}.] 1. To be a mate or match for to be able to complete with to rival successfully; to equal. No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that madness. --Shak. 2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to to set something in competition with or in opposition to as equal. No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct. --South. 3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. --Milton. 4. To make or procure the equal of or that which is exactly similar to or corresponds with as to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. ``Matching of patterns and colors.'' --Swift. 5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit or suit (one thing to another). Let poets match their subject to their strength. --Roscommon. 6. To marry; to give in marriage. A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king. --Addison. 7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as to match boards. {Matching machine}, a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: matched adj 1: provided with a worthy adversary or competitor; "matched teams" 2: going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities [ant: {mismatched}]
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