No settled senses of the world can match The
pleasure of that madness. --Shak.
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.
No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
conduct. --South.
3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal might To match with their inventions they
presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
--Milton.
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.
5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
or suit (one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength.
--Roscommon.
6. To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched
his daughter with a king. --Addison.
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.
{Matching machine}, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
a groove on the edge of a board.