v. t.
Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. [ OF. amater, amatir. ] To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. a- + mate. ] To be a mate to; to match. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love. ] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. --
n. Behavior that demonstrates a lack of professional competency. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or character of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale. ] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook. ] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of malamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (
n. (Chem.) A salt of osmiamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of oxamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Palma. ] (Zool.) Web-footed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of succinamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of tartramic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate. [ 1913 Webster ]