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Mated

adjective

1.

Mated sexually.

2.

Used of gloves, socks, etc.. Synonym: paired.

3.

Of or relating to a marriage partner.

Mate

verb

(past & past part. mated; pres. part. mating)

1.

Engage in sexual intercourse. Synonyms: copulate, couple, pair.

2.

Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. Synonyms: couple, match, pair, twin. "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?" , "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

3.

Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game. Synonym: checkmate.

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"Mated" Quotes from Famous Books

... breast with broad flat disks of silver in two rows. Behind the bridal couple came the whole village in pairs, men and women, and children of all ages, even to brown babies in arms, gay in dress and indescribably serious in demeanor. They were mated in some sort according to years and size; and the last couple were young fellows paired in an equal tipsiness. These reeled and wavered along the pier; and when the other wedding guests crowned the day's festivity by going aboard the steamer, they followed ...

— A Chance Acquaintance • W. D. Howells

... Any member of the breed also into which both the factors were introduced would drop out of the pedigree by virtue of its sterility. Hence the evidence that the various domesticated breeds say of dogs or fowls can when mated together produce fertile offspring, is beside the mark. The real question is, Do they ever produce sterile offspring? I think the evidence is clearly that sometimes they do, oftener perhaps than is commonly supposed. These suggestions ...

— Evolution in Modern Thought • Ernst Haeckel

... you marry a man who is a mere animal because he appeals to your animal instincts. Then, like the lady who cried out 'Alack, I've married a black,' you appeal to heaven against the injustice of being mated with a clown. You are not a nice girl, either in your ideas or in your behaviour. I don't blame you for it; you did not make yourself. But when you set to work to attract all that is lowest in man, why be so astonished at your own success? There are plenty ...

— Idle Ideas in 1905 • Jerome K. Jerome

... University, but this boyish address had such an effect upon his hearers, that Bishop Wordsworth felt sure the speaker would "one day rise to be Prime Minister of England." This prophetic utterance may be mated with another one, by Archdeacon Denison, who said: "I have just heard the best speech I ever heard in my life, by Gladstone, against the Reform Bill. But, mark my words, that man will one day be a Liberal, for he argued against the Bill on ...

— A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study - of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict • Logan Marshall

... some very angry scenes. He had been accustomed to being obeyed, and in his wrath at being obstinately resisted he went to the length of ordering the arrest not only of some of the leading members of Council but also of the Commander-in-Chief. The Councillors check-mated the Governor's order by arresting the Governor! It was a daring proceeding. He was arrested one night after dark, while driving along a suburban road on his imagined way to a friendly supper, and he was sent as a prisoner to a house at St. ...

— The Story of Madras • Glyn Barlow

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