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Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Matching}.]
1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to
rival successfully; to equal.
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No settled senses of the world can match
The pleasure of that madness. --Shak.
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2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something
in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
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No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
conduct. --South.
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3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
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Eternal might
To match with their inventions they presumed
So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. --Milton.
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4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a
horse; to match cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors."
--Swift.
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5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
or suit (one thing to another).
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Let poets match their subject to their strength.
--Roscommon.
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6. To marry; to give in marriage.
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A senator of Rome survived,
Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
--Addison.
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7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at
the edges; as, to match boards.
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{Matching machine}, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
a groove on the edge of a board.
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matching \matching\ adj.
1. having identical or closely similar appearance or
properties; as, a pair of matching candlesticks.

Syn: duplicate, twin(prenominal), twinned.
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2. Harmonious and pleasing in appearance when used together;
as, a matching skirt and blouse.

Syn: coordinated; color-coordinated.
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