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t. [imp. & p.
p. Matched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Matching.] 1. To be a mate or match for;
to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to
equal.

No settled senses of the world can match

The pleasure of that madness.

Shak.

2. To furnish with its match; to bring a
match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set
something in competition with, or in opposition to, as
equal.

No history or antiquity can matchis policies
and his conduct.

South.

3. To oppose as equal; to contend
successfully against.

Eternal might

To match with their inventions they presumed

So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.

Milton.

4. To make or procure the equal of, or that
which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match
a vase or a horse; to match cloth. "Matching of
patterns and colors." Swift.

5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable;
to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

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