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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Make \Make\ (m[=a]k), v. i.
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. [Obs.]
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A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
--Shak.
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2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
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Note: 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.
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3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
against; as, it makes for his advantage. --M. Arnold.
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Follow after the things which make for peace. --Rom.
xiv. 19.
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Considerations infinite
Do make against it. --Shak.
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4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
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5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic]
--Chaucer. Tennyson.
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To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P.
Plowman.
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{To make as if}, or {To make as though}, to pretend that; to
make show that; to make believe (see under {Make}, v. t.).
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Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten
before them, and fled. --Josh. viii.
15.
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My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly
displeased with me. --Latimer.
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{To make at}, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner;
to attack.
{To make away with}.
(a) To carry off.
(b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to
dissipate.
(c) To kill; to destroy.
{To make off}, to go away suddenly.
{To make out}, to succeed; to manage oneself; to be able at
last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the
contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all
right.
(b) to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck;
-- of courting couples or individuals (for
individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a
bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress
in the kitchen [informal]
{To make up}, to become reconciled or friendly.
{To make up for}, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent
for.
{To make up to}.
(a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.
(b) To pay addresses to; to make love to.
{To make up with}, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.]
{To make with}, to concur or agree with. --Hooker.
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