Webster's Dictionary 1913

1540

Mate (6)

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 ...

1541

Mate (7)

Mate, v. i. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.

1542

Matelassé

‖Mate′las′sé″ (?), a. [F., p.p. of matelasser to cushion, to cover as with a mattress, fr. matelas mattress. See Mattress.] Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of ...

1543

Matelassé (2)

‖Mate′las′sé″, n. A quilted ornamented dress fabric of silk or silk and wool.

1544

Mateless

Mate″less, a. [Cf. Matchless.] Having no mate.

1545

Matelote

Mat″e‐lote (măt″ē̍‐lōt), n. [F., fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as sailors prepare.] A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.

1546

Matelote (2)

{ Mat″e‐lote (?), Mat″e‐lotte (?) }, n. [F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare.] 1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and ser...

1547

Mateology

Ma′te‐ol″o‐gy (mā′tē̍‐ŏl″ō̍‐jy̆), n. [Gr. ματαιολογία; μάταιοσ useless, vain + λόγοσ discourse: cf. F. matéologie.] A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.

1548

Mateotechny

Ma′te‐o‐tech″ny (mā′tē̍‐ō̍‐tĕk″ny̆), n. [Gr. ματαιοτεχνία; μάταιοσ vain + τέχνη art, science.] Any unprofitable science.

1549

Mater

‖Ma″ter (?), n. [L., mother. See Mother.] See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.

1550

Materia medica

‖Ma‐te″ri‐a med″i‐ca (?). [L. See Matter, and Medical.] 1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; — a general term for all substances used as curative agents...

1551

Material

Ma‐te″ri‐al (?), a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. MatÉriel.]1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, ma...

1552

Material (2)

Ma‐te″ri‐al, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by pro...

1553

Material (3)

Ma‐te″ri‐al, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. Sir T. Browne.

1554

Materialism

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. matérialisme.]1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the ma...

1555

Materialist

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ist (mȧ‐tē″rĭ‐al‐ĭst), n. [Cf. F. matérialiste.] 1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called...

1556

Materialistic

{ Ma‐te′ri‐al‐is″tic (?), Ma‐te′ri‐al‐is″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.But to me his very spiritualism seemed mo...

1557

Materiality

Ma‐te′ri‐al″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. matérialité.]1. The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.2. Importance; as, the materiality of facts.

1558

Materialization

Ma‐te′ri‐al‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.

1559

Materialize

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Materialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Materializing (?).] [Cf. F. matérialiser.] 1. To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptib...

1560

Materialize (2)

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ize, v. i. To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.

1561

Materially

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ly, adv. 1. In the state of matter.I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not materially preëxistent in it. Boyle.2. In its essence; s...

1562

Materialness

Ma‐te″ri‐al‐ness, n. The state of being material.

1563

Materiarian

Ma‐te′ri‐a″ri‐an (?), n. [L. materiarius.] See Materialist.

1564

Materiate

{ Ma‐te″ri‐ate (?), Ma‐te″ri‐a′ted (?), } a. [L. materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.] Consisting of matter. Bacon.

1565

Materiation

Ma‐te′ri‐a″tion (?), n. [L. materiatio woodwork.] Act of forming matter. Sir T. Browne.

1566

Matériel

‖Ma′té′ri′el″ (?), n. [F. See Material.] That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the ba...