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Amate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.]

Amate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.

2. To be a mate to; to match.

Amateur [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts.

Amateur [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

Amateurish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.

Amateurism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

Amateurship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or character of an amateur.