Amate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amate \A*mate"\, v. t. [OF. amater, amatir.]
     To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic]
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           The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the
           overthrow greater than was true.         --Milton.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amate \A*mate"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + mate.]
     To be a mate to; to match. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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