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Bible Dictionaries
Mate
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
(2):
(v. t.) To checkmate.
(3):
(n.) One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
(4):
(n.) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(v. t.) To match; to marry.
(7):
(n.) Same as Checkmate.
(8):
(v. t.) To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
(9):
(n.) 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.
(10):
(a.) See 2d Mat.
(11):
(v. t.) To confuse; to confound.
(12):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mate.html. 1828.
