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"Section M, N, and O"

& p.
p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mating.] 1. To match; to marry.


If she be mated with an equal
husband.
Shak.


2. To match one's self against; to oppose as
equal; to compete with.


There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it
mates and masters the fear of death.

Bacon.


I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . .

Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.

Shak.


Mate, v. i. To be or become a mate
or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds
mate for life; this bird will not mate with that
one.


Mate"less, a. [Cf. Matchless.]
Having no mate.


Mat"e*lote (măt"&esl;*lōt),
n. [F., fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a
dish such as sailors prepare.] A dish of food composed of many
kinds of fish.


Ma`te*ol"o*gy
(mā`t&esl;*&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;), n.


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