A‐mate″ (�), v. t. [OF. amater, amatir.] To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true.
Milton.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.