make
make (māk) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon maca, gemaca. See Match.]
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obsolete]
For in this world no woman is
Worthy to be my make.
make (mād) , transitive verb
[Old English maken, makien, Anglo-Saxon macian; akin to Old Saxon mak{not transcribed}n, OFries. makia, Dutch maken, German machen, Old High German mahh{not transcribed}n to join, fit, prepare, make, Danish mage. Compare Match an equal.]
1.
To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
(a)
To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
He... fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf.
(b)
To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspire
To excel the natural with made delights.
(c)
To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
Wealth maketh many friends.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made.
(d)
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
(e)
To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
(f)
To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
(h)
To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
2.
To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh.
When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc.
3.
To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him.
4.
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
I will make them hear my words.
They should be made to rise at their early hour.
In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted.
5.
To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin.
6.
To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
Make but one temple for the Deity.
7.
To be engaged or concerned in. [Obsolete]
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
8.
To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
And make the Libyan shores.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away.
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement.
He was all made up of love and charms!
Make (māk) , intransitive verb
1.
To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obsolete]
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
2.
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
3.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. — M. Arnold
Follow after the things which make for peace.
Considerations infinite
Do make against it.
4.
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
5.
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] — Chaucer. Tennyson
To solace him some time, as I do when I make.
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me.
Make , noun
Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
It our perfection of so frail a make
As every plot can undermine and shake?
Collocations (1)
On the make , (a) bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, United States]