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amated

amated is the simple past and past participle of amate.

Meaning of amate

Verb (1)

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

  1. (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
    • Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Verb (2)

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

  1. (obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.
    • More lucklesse disadventures did amate1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Adjective

amated (comparative more amated, superlative most amated)

  1. (obsolete) Overwhelmed, confused.
    • and at som tyme they were so amated that aythir toke others swerde in the stede of his owne.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII

Forms of amated

comparativemore amated
superlativemost amated

Questions about amated

What does amated mean?
Amated means overwhelmed, confused.
What is amated the simple past and past participle of?
Amated is the simple past and past participle of amate.
What part of speech is amated?
Amated is an adjective.

Words near amated in the dictionary

  1. Amasya
  2. Amasya Province
  3. Amata
  4. amatadine
  5. amate
  6. amated
  7. Amatembu
  8. Amaterasu
  9. amaterialistic
  10. amates
  11. amateur

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