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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Make \Make\, n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See {Match}.] A companion; a mate; often a husband or a wife. [Obs.] For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Make \Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Made}; p. pr & vb n. {Making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS macian; akin to OS mak?n, OFries makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join fit prepare, make Dan. mage. Cf {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to exist; to bring into being to form to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence in various specific uses or applications: 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. --Ex. xxxii 4. 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. --Spenser. 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. --Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made --Dryden. 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. --Bacon. 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 a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. 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? --Ex. ii 14. See I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. Note: 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 --Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words --Deut. iv 10. They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. 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. --Shak. 6. To compose, as parts ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form to amount to The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of ``And make the Libyan shores.'' --Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side --Sir T. Browne. {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on or to put it in order {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it {To make account}. See under {Account}, n. {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard. {To make away}. a To put out of the way to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away --Burton. b To alienate; to transfer; to make over [Obs.] --Waller. {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture. {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack. {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer. {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. --Shak. {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a. {To make good}. See under {Good}. {To make head}, to make headway. {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a. {To make little of}. a To belittle. b To accomplish easily. {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n. {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n. {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt. {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something in a prescribed form of law. {To make of}. a To understand or think concerning; as not to know what to make of the news b To pay attention to to cherish; to esteem; to account. ``Makes she no more of me than of a slave.'' --Dryden. {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. {To make out}. a To find out to discover; to decipher; as to make out the meaning of a letter. b To prove; to establish; as the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. c To make complete or exact; as he was not able to make out the money. {To make over}, to transfer the title of to convey; to alienate; as he made over his estate in trust or in fee. {To make sail}. (Naut.) a To increase the quantity of sail already extended. b To set sail. {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as they made shift to do without it [Colloq.]. {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as to make strange of a request or suggestion. {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of to court. {To make sure}. See under {Sure}. {To make up}. a To collect into a sum or mass; as to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. b To reconcile; to compose; as to make up a difference or quarrel. c To supply what is wanting in to complete; as a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. d To compose, as from ingredients or parts to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. He was all made up of love and charms! --Addison. e To compensate; to make good; as to make up a loss f To adjust or to arrange for settlement; as to make up accounts. g To dress and paint for a part as an actor; as he was well made up {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to resolve. {To make water}. a (Naut.) To leak. b To urinate. {To make way}, or {To make one's way}. a To make progress; to advance. b To open a passage; to clear the way {To make words}, to multiply words From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Make \Make\, 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.] A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make --Shak. 2. To proceed; to tend; to move to go as he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen. 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 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. --Rom. xiv. 19. Considerations infinite Do make against it --Shak. 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 --P. Plowman. {To make as if}, or {To make as though}, to pretend that to make show that to make believe (see under {Make}, v. t.). Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them and fled. --Josh. viii. 15. My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me --Latimer. {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 be able at last to make shift; as he made out to reconcile the contending parties. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Make \Make\, n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts construction; shape; form It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine and shake? --Dryden. {On the make},bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: make n 1: a recognizable kind "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {brand}] 2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: {shuffle}, {shuffling}] v 1: engage in: "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: {do}] 2: give certain properties to something "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear" [syn: {get}] 3: make or cause to be or to become "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: {create}] 4: cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: {induce}, {stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {get}] 5: give rise to cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" [syn: {cause}, {do}] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product: "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: {produce}, {create}] 7: make formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: {draw}] 8: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; Heat makes you sweat" 9: create by artistic means "create a poem; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: {create}] 10: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?" "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {earn}, {realize}, {pull in}, {bring in}] 11: create or design, often in a certain way "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" [syn: {do}] [ant: {unmake}] 12: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: {form}, {constitute}] 13: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!" "She may not make the grade" [syn: {reach}, {get to}, {progress to}] 14: be or be capable of being changed or made into "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" 15: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" 16: perform or carry out "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" 17: make by combining materials and parts: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: {construct}, {build}] 18: change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" 19: act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" 20: charge with a function; charge to be "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: {name}, {nominate}] 21: achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: {have}, {get}] 22: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {attain}, {hit}, {arrive at}, {gain}] 23: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: {lay down}, {establish}] 24: carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" 25: form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"; "The branches made a roof" 26: organize or be responsible for "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc [syn: {hold}, {throw}, {have}, {give}] 27: put in order or neaten: "make the bed"; "make up a room" [syn: {make up}] 28: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: {take}] 29: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap}] 30: undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" 31: be suitable for "Wood makes good furniture" 32: add up to "four and four make eight" 33: amount to "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" 34: constitute the essence of "Clothes make the man" 35: appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us" 36: reach in time; "We barely made the plane" 37: gather and light the materials for: "make a fire" 38: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {fix}, {ready}, {prepare}] 39: succeed in seducing; young men's slang; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?" "Harry made Sally" [syn: {seduce}, {score}] 40: assure the success of "A good review by this critic will make your play!" [ant: {break}] 41: pretend to be imitate; "She makes like an actress" 42: consider as being "It wasn't the problem some people made it" 43: calculate as being "I make the height about 100 feet" 44: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day" 45: favor the development of "Practice makes the winner" 46: develop into: "He will make a splendid father!" 47: behave in a certain way "make merry" 48: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle}, {micturate}, {piss}, {pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: MakeThe {Unix} tool to automate the recompilation, linking etc of programs, taking account of the interdependencies of {modules} and their modification times. Make reads instructions from a makefile" which specifies a set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the commands to execute in order to produce them Most {C} systems come with a make There is also one produce by {GNU}. ["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs", A.I. Feldman TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977]. (1995-01-05)
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