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amate
UK /əˈmɑːteɪ/ US /əˈmɑteɪ/
noun 2verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
general, new
AMATE + NOUN
loue
ADV.
thus
Definitions
noun
1
Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
2
An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
verb
1
To dishearten, dismay.
Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate?
Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
verb
1
To be a mate to; to match.
More lucklesse disadventures did amate
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Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate?
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Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
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The Silures, to amate the new general, rumoured the overthrow greater than was true.
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More lucklesse disadventures did amate
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