Amate
Amate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old French amater, amatir.]
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obsolete or Archaic]
The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true.
Amate , transitive verb
[Prefix a- + mate.]
To be a mate to; to match. [Obsolete] — Spenser