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mating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mating n : the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: {coupling}, {pairing}, {conjugation}, {union}, {sexual union}]
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