mate \mate\, a.
   see 2d mat. obs. --chaucer.
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see also:
mat 

mate \ma"te\ maum"tasl, 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.
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see also:
ilex paraguensis 

mate \mate\ m=at, n. f. mat, abbrev. fr. 'echec et mat.
   see checkmate. chess
   same as checkmate.
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see also:
checkmate 

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.
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mate 

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.
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            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
make match 

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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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.
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   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.
      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
see also:
mated mating 

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, better half
     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 drink like tea
        syn: paraguay tea, ilex paraguariensis
     7: informal term for a friend of the same sex
     8: south american tea-like drink made from leaves of a south
        american holly called mate
     9: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
        attack on the opponent's king syn: checkmate
     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"; "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,
         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
see also:
first mate teammate spouse partner married person better half 
match paraguay tea ilex paraguariensis checkmate copulate 
pair couple twin 

244 moby thesaurus words for "mate":
   od, accompanier, accompanist, accompanyist, ace, acquaintance,
   ally, alter ego, amigo, analogon, analogue, associate, attendant,
   ball, be intimate, be made one, be spliced, become one, bedfellow,
   bedmate, better half, birthmate, boatswain, bosom buddy, bracket,
   breed, bride, brother, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade,
   captain, chamberfellow, chap, chief engineer, chief mate, china,
   chum, classmate, close copy, close match, clubmate, co-worker,
   coequal, cognate, cohabit, cohort, colleague, comate,
   come together, commander, commit adultery, companion,
   companion piece, company, compeer, complement, comrade,
   concomitant, confidant, confrere, congenator, congener, conjugate,
   consociate, consort, contract matrimony, coordinate, copartner,
   copemate, copesmate, copulate, copy, correlate, correlative,
   correspondent, couchmate, counterpart, couple, couple up, cover,
   cradlemate, crony, crossbreed, cupmate, dead ringer, deck officer,
   diddle, ditto, double, double-harness, double-team, duplicate,
   effigy, equal, equipollent, equivalent, espouse, exact likeness,
   familiar, fellow, fellow student, fit together, fornicate, friend,
   frig, general partner, generate, get hitched, girl friend, gossip,
   have sex, have sexual relations, helpmate, helpmeet, hitch, hubby,
   husband, icon, idol, image, intermarry, interwed, intimate,
   jailmate, join, kindred spirit, lay, lie with, like, likeness,
   link up, living image, living picture, make it with, make love,
   make out, marry, master, match, messmate, miniature, mirroring,
   miscegenate, model, mount, naval officer, navigating officer,
   navigator, near duplicate, obverse, old crony, opposite number,
   pair, pair off, pal, parallel, pard, pardner, partner, patron,
   peer, pendant, pewmate, photograph, picture, pipes, playfellow,
   playmate, portrait, procreate, quartermaster, reciprocal,
   reflection, remarry, resemblance, rewed, rival, roommate, rubbing,
   sailing master, schoolfellow, schoolmate, screw, second mate,
   second self, secret partner, semblance, serve, service, shadow,
   shelfmate, shipmaster, shipmate, shopmate, side partner, sidekick,
   sidekicker, silent partner, similitude, simulacrum, sister,
   skipper, sleep with, sleeping partner, soul mate, span,
   special partner, spit and image, spitting image, splice, spouse,
   such, suchlike, synchronize, tablemate, take to wife, tally, team,
   team up, teammate, tentmate, the old man, the like of,
   the likes of, tie, trace, tracing, twin, unite, very image,
   very picture, watch officer, watchmate, waymate, wed, wife, wive,
   workfellow, yoke, yokefellow, yokemate

mate. the second officer on board of a merchant ship or vessel. 
     2. he has the right to sue in the admiralty as a common mariner for 
wages. 1. pet. adm. dee. 246. 
     3. when, on the death of the master, the mate assumes the command, he 
succeeds to the rights and duties of the principal officer. 1 sumn. 157; 3 
mason, 161; 4 mason, 196; see 7 conn. 239; 4 mason, 641 4 wash. c. c. 838.