makeMAKE, v.t. pret. and pp. made. 10. To bring into any state or condition; to constitute. 11. To contract; to establish; as, to make friendship. 12. To keep; as, to make abode. 13. To raise to good fortune; to secure in riches or happiness; as when it is said, he is made for this world. 14. To suffer. 15. To incur; as, to make a loss. [Improper.] 16. To commit; to do. 17. To intend or to do; to purpose to do. 18. To raise, as, profit; to gain; to collect; as, to make money in trade or by husbandry; to make an estate by steady industry. 19. To discover; to arrive in sight of; a seaman's phrase, They made the land at nine o'clock on the larboard bow,distant five leagues. 20. To reach; to arrive at; as, to make a port or harbor; a seaman's phrase. 21. To gain by advance; as, to make little way with a head wind; we made our way to the next village. This phrase often implies difficulty. 22. To provide; as, to make a dinner or entertainment. 23. To put or place; as, to make a difference between strict right and expedience. 24. To turn; to convert, as to use. 25. To represent. He is not the fool you make him, that is, as your representation exhibits him. 26. To constitute; to form. It is melancholy to think that sensual pleasure makes the happiness of a great part of mankind. 27. To induce; to cause. Self-confidence makes a man rely too much on his own strength and resources. 28. To put into a suitable or regular form for use; as, to make a bed. 29. To fabricate; to forge. He made the story himself. 30. To compose; to form and write; as, to make verses or an oration. 31. To cure; to dry and prepare for preservation; as, to make hay. To make amends, to make good; to give adequate compensation; to replace the value or amount of loss. To make account of, to esteem; to regard. To make away, to kill; to destroy. To make light of, to consider as of no consequence; to treat with indifference or contempt. To make love, To make suit, to court; to attempt to gain the favor or affection. To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. To make much of, to treat with fondness or esteem; to consider as of great value, or as giving great pleasure. To make of, to understand. He knows not what to make of the news, that is, he does not well understand it; he knows not how to consider or view it. To make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate. He made over his estate in trust or in fee. To make out, to learn; to discover; to obtain a clear understanding of. I cannot make out the meaning or sense of this difficult passage. Antiquaries are not able to make out the inscription on this medal. To make sure of, to consider as certain. To make up, to collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. 9. To determine; to bring to a definite conclusion; as, to make up one's mind. In seamen's language, to make sail, to increase the quantity of sail already extended. To make sternway, to move with the stern foremost. To make water, to leak. To make words, to multiply words. MAKE, v.i. To tend; to proceed; to move. He made towards home. The tiger made at the sportsman. Formerly authors used to make way, to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make towards. To make as if, to show; to appear; to carry appearance. To make away with, to kill; to destroy. To make for, to move towards; to direct a course towards; as, we apprehended a tempest approaching, and made for a harbor. To make against, to tend to injury. This argument makes against his cause. To make out, to succeed; to have success at last. He made out to reconcile the contending parties. To make up, to approach. He made up to us with boldness. To make up for, to compensate; to supply by an equivalent. To make up with, to settle differences; to become friends. To make with, to concur. MAKE, n. Structure; texture; constitution of parts in a body. It may sometimes be synonymous with shape or form, but more properly, the word signifies the manner in which the parts of a body are united; as a man of slender make, or feeble make, MAKE, n. [Eng. match; L. par.] A companion; a mate. |