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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: mated sexually [ant: unmated]
2: used of gloves, socks, etc. [syn: mated, paired]
3: of or relating to a marriage partner

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

allied, assembled, associated, banded together, biconjugate, bigeminate, bijugate, bound, bracketed, collected, conjoined, conjugate, conjugated, connected, copulate, coupled, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, incorporated, integrated, intimate, joined, knotted, leagued, linked, married, matched, merged, one, paired, partnered, spliced, tied, undivided, united, unseparated, wedded, yoked