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1.
māt
adj.
64 quotations in 2 senses
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(a)
Chess
Checkmated; also
fig.
;
chek and mat
[see
chek-mat
]; (b) helpless, powerless; overcome, defeated; confounded, discomfited;
maken mat
, to overcome (sb.), defeat, render powerless.
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