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Definition of 'amate'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) papel .
Noun
( en-noun)
Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) amater, amatir.
Verb
( amat)
(label) To dishearten, dismay.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
- The Silures, to amate the new general, rumoured the overthrow greater than was true.
* , I.i:
- 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?
* 1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XI, xii:
- Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
* , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.230:
- For the last, he will be much amazed, he will be much amated .
* c.1815 , (John Keats), "To Chatterton":
- Thou didst die / A half-blown flow'ret which cold blasts amate .
Etymology 3
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Verb
( amat)
(obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.
- (Spenser)
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Similar to 'amate'ante, auntie, amide, anode, ande, annate, annite, antiae, antae, antie, amitie
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