Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mating.]

1. To match; to marry.

If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.

2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.

I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)