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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[OF.

amater

amatir

To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.

[Obs. or Archaic]

The Silures, to

amate

the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true.

Milton.

Verb.

[Pref.

mate

To be a mate to; to match.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

Verb.

[See Mate.] To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.]

See also: amate

ámate