amate
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of amate1
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French amatir, equivalent to a- a- 5 + matir to subdue, derivative of mat subdued, dull. See mat 3
Origin of amate2
Example Sentences
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Beginning in the 1500s, he said, “Spanish missionaries became deeply familiar with pre-Columbian traditions in an effort to combat them and convert local populations,” and practices such as amate production were discouraged or even banned.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Some people connect Torres’ art to the sheets of amate tree bark used by pre-Hispanic communities as paper, though the Indigenous precursor was not dyed.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
My heart is a thrall; my tears ne'er abate * And their rains the railing of clouds amate; 'Twixt my weeping and watching and wanting love; * And whining and pining for dearest mate.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This sight seemed to amate The Arab lord.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by P. Jones
Why, that odious air of Bach's, that vile—oh! yes, pupille amate.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Ludwig Nohl
Page 127. line 8. for amated read amazed, p.
From Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan
Although it handles me so roughly, yet I am not at all amated by it.
From Andrew Marvell by John Morley
Maidenlike, she drew her golden veil more closely over her bosom, and tripped back to finish her toilet, leaving me amated and abashed by the vision I had beheld.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
Whereupon all about them were perturbed and were amated and amazed at the action of the Shaykh when, vanishing from their view, he could nowhere be seen.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Her beauty amazed all who espied her and her glances amated all who eyed her.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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