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42 words match “AMATE”

AMATE v. 2 definitions
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.
AMATEUR n.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
AMATEURISH a.
In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n.
AMATEURISM n.
The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
AMATEURSHIP n.
The quality or character of an amateur.
AMALGAMATE v. 4 definitions
To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.
AMALGAMATE; AMALGAMATED a.
Coalesced; united; combined.
DESQUAMATE v.
To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
HAMATE a.
Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
HAMATED a.
Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
MALAMATE n.
A salt of malamic acid.
OSMIAMATE n.
A salt of osmiamic acid.
OXAMATE n.
A salt of oxamic acid.
PALAMATE a.
Web-footed.
SQUAMATE; SQUAMATED a.
Same as Squamose.
SUCCINAMATE n.
A salt of succinamic acid.
SULPHAMATE n.
A salt of sulphamic acid.
TARTRAMATE n.
A salt of tartramic acid.
WOLFRAMATE n.
A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.
AMALGAM v.
To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
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