Obs.; also amat. [a. OFr. amat overwhelmed, beaten down, f. amater or amatir: see AMATE v.1] Overwhelmed, dejected, dismayed.
a. 1400. Cov. Myst., 294. Beth ryht [pr. ryth] ware he make you not amat.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. i. Awhaped and a mate, Comfortles of any creature.
1558. W. Forrest, Grysilde Sec. (1875), 95. Being blanked, as one all amate.
