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
This sight seemed to amate The Arab lord.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
In stanza 60 the first line:— La notte che le cose ci nasconde, together with its rhyme, 'sotto le amate fronde,' is borrowed from the 23rd canto of the 'Paradiso.'
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
Sylla, thy threats and scoffs amate me not.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
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