From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mated \mated\ adj.
1. Brought together for sexual activity; bred; -- of animals.
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2. Sorted into pairs of identical size, color, or other
properties; -- used of gloves, socks, etc.
Syn: paired.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Same as married. Opposite of unmarried; as, they were
a devoted couple, mated for life.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mate \Mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mating.]
1. To match; to marry.
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If she be mated with an equal husband. --Shak.
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2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to
compete with.
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There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but
it mates and masters the fear of death. --Bacon.
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I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . .
Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. --Shak.
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3. To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of
breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd.
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4. To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link;
as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut
inaccessible branches.
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