Match"mak`ing, a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a
matchmaking woman.
||Ma"te (?), n. [Sp.] The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the
||Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor,
||with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South
||America.
Mate (?), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. échec et mat. See Checkmate.] (Chess)
Same as Checkmate.
Mate, a. See 2d Mat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mate, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See
Mate checkmate.]