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matare

matare [ME maten; OF mater] 1 (chess) to checkmate, defeat (also fig.). ludit unus cum uno; unus aufert alii unum ludum, tandem ~at ‥. sic in hoc mundo ‥ unus amittit, alius lucratur, alius ~atur O. Cheriton Fab. 36b.. 2 (in place-name). castrum condere cepit quod ~a putenam, id est devincens meretricem, pro despectu Haduisse comitisse nuncupavit Ord. Vit. XII 22 p. 395.

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