See mat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_number": 5,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "mat",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to overpower",
"word": "maten"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)"
],
"links": [
[
"maten",
"maten#Middle_English:_to_overpower"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "mat"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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