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Definition of Amate
1. v. t. To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
2. v. t. To be a mate to; to match.
Definition of Amate
1. Noun. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture ¹
2. Noun. The type of paper used in this art form. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amate
1. to daunt [v AMATED, AMATING, AMATES] - See also: daunt
Medical Definition of Amate
1. To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. "The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true." (Milton) Origin: OF. Amater, amatir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amate
Literary usage of Amate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Italian Principia by Luigi Ricci (1891)
"vói eravate stati amati, vói eravate state amate, you had been loved. ...
state amate, they had been loved. egli èra stato amato, ella èra stata amata, he, ..."
2. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"The word " mata" was commonly taken for—to drink ; but comparing it with the
dialectic words for " water"—amanzi, amati, with amate (spittle), and with mita ..."
3. A First Italian Course by Luigi] [Ricci (1880)
"... fossero state they would have been amati, amate, loved. ... che nói siamo
amate, i Imi we may be loved. che vói siate amati, che vói siate amate, ..."
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