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~ MATE          id+ | CONSORT  COMPANION  ANOTHER SELF |
                id+ | OPAQUE  LUSTERLESS |
~ MATER         id+ | MATERNAL MATERIAL MOTHER |
                id+ | FEMALE inanimate or animated that
                      BRINGS FORTH  in lat|
                id+ | A TREE which PRODUCES |
                id+ | MATRON implies DEVOTION |
                id+ | MADONNA or MATRON |
                id+ | ALMA MATER or SPIRITUAL MOTHER |
~ MATERIA       id+ | lat for MATTER MATERIAL |
                id+ | a human MATER MATERIALIZES infants |
                id+ | a TREE MATERIALIZES MADERA in sp |
                id+ | MATER MATTER MADRE in sp
                      joins MOTHER with WOMB WOOD |
~ MATERIAL      id+ | SUBSTANTIVE or OBJECTIVE MATTER |
~ MATERIAL      id+ | MATTER or SUBSTANCE |
~ MATERIALISM   id+ | only MATTER exists |
~ MATERIEL      id+ | MATERIAL SUPPLIES or PROVISIONS |
~ MATERNAL      id+ | inclined toward MOTHERING |
~ MATERNITY     id+ | sites related to MOTHERS |
~ MATING        id+ | COUPLING COPULATING MATES |
~ MATRASS       see> MATTRESS
~ MATRIARCH     id+ | WOMAN HEAD OF A FAMILY |
~ MATRICES       med> pl for MATRIX
~ MATRICIDE     id+ | MURDER OF ONE'S OWN MOTHER |
~ MATRICLINI    see> MATROCLINI
~ MATRICULA     id+ | DIPLOMA implicit in MATRIX |
~ MATRICULATE   id+ | HE WHO EARNED A MATRICULA |
~ MATRIMONY     id+ | a SACRAMENT sustaining MOTHERHOOD |
~ MATRIX        id+ | HUMAN SITE OF CONCEPTION and
                      FETAL GROWTH |
                id+ | WOMB  UTERUS |
                id+ | MOLD ARRAY FORMAT TEMPLATE |
                id+ | FEMALE ANIMALS KEPT FOR BREEDING |
~ MATROCLINI    id+ | INHERITANCE OF MATERNAL TRAITS |
~ MATRON        id+ | A WOMAN OF QUALITY | also
                id+ | MIDWIFE |
~ MATRONALIA    id+ | ROMAN FESTIVITY FOR MARRIED WOMEN |
~ MATTRESS      id+ | FOUNDATION to sleep or MATE upon |
                note constellations in
  ply> | the MATRIX of MATING MOTHERS MATERIALIZE MATTER |
  ply> | FIRM is inherent in MAST MASTER MATERIAL MATTER |
  etym> few extensions are given under see> MOTHER
  etym> note links to MATE MATTER MATRESS MATRICULATED
                      MATRIMONY MATERIAL MATERNITY MATRIX
  etym> note repetitions are in the interest of clarity
  myth> DEMETER       = MOTHER OF GODS
  gr    METER           MOTHER
  sc>   METRIC          or scientific measurements system
  lat   METRON          UTERUS
  med>  METRORRHAGIA    UTERINE HEMORRHAGE or BLEEDING
  eng   MATRON          MOTHERLY
        MATE            LOVER SPOUSE CONSORT FRIEND DOUBLE
                        OPAQUE
  lat   MATER           MOTHER         note MATERNAL below
  note  MATER FAMILIAS  MISTRESS LADY or WIFE of the HOUSE
        MATREFAMILIAS   same
  arab  MATRAH          FOUNDATION
  ukr   MATRAS          MATTRESS
  sp    MADERA          TIMBER or WOOD thus
        MADRE           MOTHER
        MATERIA         MATTER or STUFF pointing to
  lat   MATERIARIUS     pertaining to WOOD
        MATERIATIO      CARPENTRY
        MATERIOR        WOOD MATERIEL PROVIDER
  note                  junction of MATER MATERIAL and
  note                  junction WOOD or MADRA with
  note                           WOMAN WOMB and
                                 MADERA MADRE
  note                  A MOTHER MATERIALIZES NEW HUMANS
  note                  TREES MATERIALIZE MADERA or WOOD
  skrt  MATARI          GROWING IN THE MOTHER
        MATA            NATURE masculine or
        MATRI           EARTH  feminine
                        also DIVINE ENERGY MATERIALIZED or
                        MEASURER
        MATRICA         MATRIX or MATERNALLY INHERITED or
        MATRIKA         MEASURE  MODEL  UNIT
        MATRA           ELEMENT  note that these are mostly
                        MATERIAL and provide a
                        MEASURE  and relate symbolically to sp
                        MADERA   for WOOD
  Doric MATER           or
  lat   MATER           MOTHER
        MATRIX          UTERUS or WOMB as in MOLD  DIE  FORM
  hin   MATRIKA         MATERNAL                  see> below
  eng   MATERNITY       implies SUPPORT OF INFANTS
        MADRES          MOTHERS SUPPORT INFANTS
  ukr   MATY            MOTHER also TO HAVE
        MATYCZIA        UTERUS
  lat   MATERNUS        MATERNAL
        MATER           MOTHER  also
  eng   MOMMA           or
  it    MAMMA           or
  eng   MOTHER          from MA from AMMA from
  sp   AMA              MISTRESS also
                        SHE WHO NURSES INFANTS OF OTHERS or
  eng   NANNY           points to
  skrt  NANA            MOTHER  see> NURSE
       AMAHR            WET NURSE
       AMAMANTAR        BREAST FEED
       AMAR             LOVE
  sp    MAMA            MOTHER also
                        NIPPLE  BREAST  TIT  TEAT
  gr    METRON          UTERUS
  eng   MATRON          note sp PATRONA PATRON for
        PATRON          same as MATRON but a male
  hx>   MATRICIDE       MURDER of a MOTHER
  sp    MATRIMONIO      NUPTIALS or         see> NYMPH
        MATRIMONY       REGISTERED MONOGAMOUS ESPOUSAL
                        to be WED or MATED  COUPLED
  note                  MONOGAMY APOGAMY
                        WED  WEDLOCK  WEDNESDAY
                        HYMENEOS  HYMEN
                        BETHROAL  BET
                        BRIDE     BRIDLE
                        YOKE CONJUGAL or
                        NUPTIAL NYMPH  LYMPH
                        NUBIAL CONJUGATION   sug> NUBILE
  hin   MATRIKA         MATERNAL             see> below
  lat   MATRASTRA       pejorative for MATER
                        SECOND MOTHER implying not as good
  fr    MARATRE         STEP MOTHER
  sp    MADRASTRA       or not a true BIOLOGIC MOTHER
  lat   MARITA          or MULIER for WIFE
        MARITO          TO MARRY WED BIND FUSE
  sp    MARIDO          HUSBAND
  eng   MARRIAGE        or
        MATRIMONY       COUPLING WEDLOCK WEDDING
  sp    MATRIZ          MATRIX or WOMB UTERUS HYSTEROS
  lat   METRICUS        MEASURE also see METRUM below
  ukr   MATYCZIA        MATRON and UTERUS
        MATNYJ          HAVING A MOTHER also implies
                        WELL TO DO
        MATY            MOTHER and to HAVE
  lat   MATER           A FEMALE THAT BRINGS FORTH
  note                  animate or inanimate
  gr    METRON          UTERUS
  lat   METRUM          A MEASURE or METRICUS METRETA
  lat   MATRIX          WOMB  points to MATER MOTHER MATERNAL
  hx>                   also FEMALES KEPT FOR BREEDING
  id+                   | REPLICATION |
  biol>                 also denotes INTERCELLULAR MATTER
                        also MOLD
  biol>                 INTRACELLULAR SUBSTANCE from which a
                        STRUCTURE DEVELOPS
                        also an EXTRA CELLULAR MATERIAL
                        EXCRETED BY CELLS that may become
                        FILAMENTS  FIBERS  BASE MEMBRANES
  med>                  HAIR MATRIX or EPIDERMIC ROOT of a
                        HAIR FOLLICLE
  med>                  SUBSTANCE from which a replica is CAST
  sc>                   a replicating CAST or MOLDING
  eng>                  also TEMPLATE for REPLICATING MATTER
  sc>                   also GRID SUSTAINING or SHAPING MATTER
                        also MASS
                        also to be registered as per
  eng   MATRICULATE     DIPLOMATE      sug> DIPLOMAT
  id+                   LICENSE  REGISTERED
  hx>   MATRICULA       TO BE LISTED or MATRICULATED
                        implies earning a DIPLOMA
  it    MADONNA         MATRON
  ukr   BRAK            MATRIMONY     sug> BRAKE BREAK
  sp    CONYUGE         SPOUSE        sug> CONJUGATE
           YUGO         YOKE          sug> JUNCTION
  biol> MATROCLINI      DECLINATION or DESCENT thus
                        INHERITANCE OF MATERNAL TRAITS
  lat   MATRONA         MATRON        sug> DAME
  sp  PATRON            MASTER        sug> PATRONIZE
  arab  MATRAH          FOUNDATION
  ukr   MATRAS          MATTRESS
        MATERIA         or
  eng>  MATTER          SUBJECT component of OBJECT
  med>                  MATERIA MEDICA lat for
                        MEDICAL MATTERS
  eng   MATERIAL        MATTER or SUBSTANCE
  hx>   MATERIALISM     DOCTRINE upholding that
                        ONLY MATTER IS REAL
  hx> sc> biol> maxim> MOTHERS ARE FONDER THAN FATHERS
                       OF THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE
  THEY ARE CERTAIN THEY ARE THEIR OWN
  attr to ARISTOTLE [#] 384-322 BC
  note ALMA MATTER pointing  to SPIRITUAL MOTHER
       in contrast to MATERIAL or BIOLOGIC MOTHER
  hx> myth> MATRALIA or FEAST dedicated each June 11 to
            MATER MATUTA or AURORA or DAWN was
  an affair for WOMEN SEEKING MARRIAGE or YOUNG WIVES
  hx> myth> MATRONALIA or FEAST dedicated to JUNO to
            honor MATERNITY  HUSBANDS WERE TO MAKE
  GIFTS AND OFFER PRAYERS TO HONOR THEIR SPOUSES
  biol> MATRALIA and MATRONALIA took place during
        LATE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WHEN THE
  OVULATION RATES thus FERTILITY ARE HIGHEST
  mediated by the impact of DAYLIGHT on
  FERTILITY RELATED HORMONES
  note JUNE remains the MONTH of BRIDES
  myth> LUCINA WAS THE HELPER AT CHILDBIRTH or CHILD BIRTH
        HER FESTIVAL WAS CALLED
  MATRONALIA AND WAS THE CHIEF EVENT HELD YEARLY DURING
  THE MONTH OF MARCH
  hx>  MATERNAL MATERNITY implies
  maxim> MATRIMONY often is REASONED EROTICISM
  note MATERIALISM or PHYSICALISM
  hx>  A DOCTRINE holding that ONLY MATTER EXISTS
       a doctrine prone to stimulate
  EGOCENTRISM  EGOISM and mindless CONSUMERISM
  HEGEL [#] noted
  " ... TO PARTICIPATE
  IN THIS REDEMPTION ...
  GETTING TO KNOW GOD
  AS OUR TRUE AND ESSENTIAL SELF ..."
  note MODERN MATERIALISM SIGNALS inherent in
       COCKTAIL CULTURE         sug> TRIVIA
  ROOTLESS SOCIETY              sug> DRIFT
  SOCIAL ALIENATION             see> EXISTENTIALISM
  SOLITUDE                      sug> ALIENATION
  SUICIDE                       sug> KIRKEGAARD
  hx> THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS MATERIALISM or WEALTH
      WAS WELL KNOWN TO ROMANS
  lit+ LUCRETIUS [#] illustrates in his
       DE RERUM NATURA " the misery of CONSUMERISM
  as an expression of MATERIALISM
  " THERE IS A WEIGHT ON THEIR MINDS
  AND A MOUNTAIN OF MISERY
  LIES ON THEIR HEARTS ...             sug> DIVORCE
  FOR EACH                             sug> SINGLE
  NOT KNOWING WHAT HE WANTS            sug> DRIFT
  SEEKS ALWAYS TO CHANGE HIS PLACE     sug> MOBILE
  AS IF HE COULD DROP HIS BURDEN       sug> DETACH
  HERE IS ONE                          sug> LONE
  WHO BORED TO DEATH AT HOME           sug> DOME
  GOES FORTH ...                       sug> AWAY
  FROM HIS PALACE ...                  sug> HOME
  TO HIS COUNTRY HOUSE ...             sug> TRIVIA
  HE HAS HARDLY CROSSED THE THRESHOLD  sug> LIMIT
  WHEN HE YAWNS OR SEEKS OBLIVION      sug> DRUG
  IN A HEAVY SLEEP OR                  sug> STUPOR
  EVEN HURRIES BACK TO THE CITY        sug> DRIFT
  SO EACH MAN FLEES FROM HIMSELF ...   sug> ALIEN
  THE SELF WHICH HE CANNOT ESCAPE      sug> FIDGET
  CLEAVES TO HIM                       sug> GROUPIE
  ALL THE MORE AGAINST HIS WILL        sug> MASS
  HE HATES HIMSELF BECAUSE             sug> VIOLENCE
  A SICK MAN                           sug> RESTLESS
  HE DOES NOT KNOW                     sug> IGNORANT
  THE CAUSE OF HIS COMPLAINT           sug> GRIEVE
  ANY MAN ...                          sug> PERSON
  BEFORE ALL ELSE
  WOULD SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THINGS "
  lit+ Arthur MILLER [#] attacked "EMPTY MATERIALISM"
       and the "AMERICAN DREAN"
  as a son of Isidore MILLER
  A JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO BECAME RICH AND
  LATER LOST HIS FORTUNE DURING THE MARKET CRASH
  MILLER HAD TO WORK TO EARN A DEGREE IN JOURNALISM
  IN HIS PLAYS HE ATTACKED THE
  EMPTY MATERIALISM ENSHRINED BY THE
  " AMERICAN DREAN "
  note MATRIARCHY or WOMEN RULERS as is in
       MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES like those of
  hx>  NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES
  note MONOGAMY  note GONOS or GONAD
       implying MONOGAMOUS MATRIMONY
  note MATRICULATE or be REGISTERED or be LISTED
       TO BE LEGAL MATRIMONIES are MATRICULATED
  per "a MATRIMONIAL LICENSE"
  note MATRIMONY and DIVORCE pose DILEMMAS when
       IN CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS TENETS
  hx> KING HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND WISHED TO DIVORCE
      Sir Thomas MORE [#] DID DEMUR           <see
  WHICH COST HIM HIS LIFE
  WITHOUT A DIVORCE FUTURE ENGLISH KINGS
  COULD BE SEEN AS BASTARDS               <see
  lit+ MORE [#] states in his UTOPIA or
       U TOPOS or PLACE NO WHERE
  " THIS OFFENSE {premarital sex}
  IS SO SHARPLY PUNISHED ...
  BECAUSE FEW WILL JOIN TOGETHER
  IN THE LOVE OF MARRIAGE ...
  IN CHOOSING WIVES AND HUSBANDS {in Utopia}
  AN HONEST MATRON SHOWS THE WOMAN ...
  NAKED TO THE WOOER AND LIKEWISE
  A DISCREET MAN EXHIBITS THE WOOER
  NAKED TO THE WOMAN ...
  AND YET {in England} CHOOSING A WIFE
  WHO SHALL BE EITHER PLEASURE OR TROUBLE ...
  THEY JUDGE HER BY SCARCELY ONE HAND BREADTH
  FOR THEY CAN SEE NO MORE THAN HER FACE ... "
  the DIVORCE of HENRY VIII was to be
  GRANTED BY ANGLICAN REFORMERS but
  Sir Thomas More as Bishop chose death and
  was decapitated July 6th 1535
  this is odd because MORE [#] elsewhere in the
  UTOPIA appears to advocate for SUICIDE and DIVORCE
  which was ANATHEMA                 <sug
  under prevailing CIVIL and RELIGIOUS LAWS
  for more about both characters      see> SACRAMENT
  see> MATTER  see> MATURE

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