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amate

noun
/əˈmɑːteɪ/UK/əˈmɑteɪ/US/əˈmeɪt/UK

Etymology

From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

  1. derived from āmatl — “paper”
  2. borrowed from (papel) amate — “amate paper”

Definitions

  1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.

  2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

  3. To dishearten, dismay.

    • 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?
    • Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
    • The Silures, to amate the new general, rumoured the overthrow greater than was true.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To be a mate to

      To be a mate to; to match.

      • More lucklesse disadventures did amate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA