3. An agreement, compact, etc. "Thy hand upon that match." Shak.

Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than

those of its own making.

Boyle.

4. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. "She . . .

was looked upon as the richest match of the West." Clarendon.

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