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2. To checkmate.

Mate, n. [Perhaps for older make
a companion; cf. also OD. maet companion, mate, D.
maat. Cf. Make a companion, Match a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another;
a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined
with a similar object.

2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife;
and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation
and the care of their young.

3. A suitable companion; a match; an
equal.

Ye knew me once no mate

For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.

4. (Naut.) An officer in a merchant
vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one
bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate,
second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a
subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's
mate.

Mate, v. t. [imp.


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