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In some senses, amate is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
verb
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
To be a mate to; to match.
More lucklesse disadventures did amate