Webster's Dictionary 1913

1594

Matricidal

Mat″ri‐ci′dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to matricide.

1595

Matricide

Mat″ri‐cide (?), n. [L. matricidium; mater mother + coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See Mother, and cf. Homicide.] 1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.2. [...

1596

Matriculate

Ma‐tric″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matriculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matriculating.] [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagati...

1597

Matriculate (2)

Ma‐tric″u‐late, v. i. To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.

1598

Matriculate (3)

Ma‐tric″u‐late (?), a. Matriculated. Skelton. — n. One who is matriculated. Arbuthnot.

1599

Matriculation

Ma‐tric′u‐la″tion (?), n. The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated.

1600

Matrimoine

Mat″ri‐moine (?), n. Matrimony.

1601

Matrimonial

Mat′ri‐mo″ni‐al (?), a. [L. matrimonialis: cf. F. matrimonial. See Matrimony.] Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial...

1602

Matrimonially

Mat′ri‐mo″ni‐al‐ly, adv. In a matrimonial manner.

1603

Matrimonious

Mat′ri‐mo″ni‐ous (?), a. Matrimonial. Milton.

1604

Matrimony

Mat″ri‐mo‐ny (?), n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state;...

1605

Matrix

Ma″trix (mā″trĭks), n.; pl.Matrices (măt″rĭ‐sēz). [L., fr. mater mother. See Mother, and cf. Matrice.]1. (Anat.) The womb.All that openeth the matrix is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19.2. H...

1606

Matron

Ma″tron (?), n. [F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See Mother.] 1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.Your w...

1607

Matronage

Mat″ron‐age (?), n. 1. The state of a matron.2. The collective body of matrons. Burke.Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country?...

1608

Matronal

Mat″ron‐al (?), a. [L. matronalis.] Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

1609

Matronhood

Ma″tron‐hood (?), n. The state of being a matron.

1610

Matronize

Mat″ron‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matronizing (?).] 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike.Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. Richard...

1611

Matronlike

Ma″tron‐like′ (?), a. Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.

1612

Matronly

Ma″tron‐ly, a. 1. Advanced in years; elderly.2. Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.

1613

Matronymic

Mat′ro‐nym″ic (?), n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.] See Metronymic.

1614

Matross

Ma‐tross″ (?), n. [D. matroos, fr. F. matelot.] (Mil.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted t...

1615

Matt

Matt (?), n. See Matte. Knight.

1616

Mattages

Mat′ta‐ges″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A shrike or butcher bird; — written also matagasse.

1617

Mattamore

Mat″ta‐more′ (?), n. [F. matamore, from Ar. maṭmōra.] A subterranean repository for wheat.

1618

Matte

Matte (măt), n. [F. matte; cf. F. mat, masc., matte, fem., faint, dull, dim; — said of metals. See Mate checkmate.] 1. (Metallurgy) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by...

1619

Matted

Mat″ted (?), a. [See Matte.] Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.

1620

Matted (2)

Mat″ted, a. [See 3d Mat.] 1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.