Part 6764

<sd>(d)</sd> <def>To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to <i>make</i> a bill, note, will, deed, etc. </def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>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>as, to <ex>make</ex> a large profit; to <ex>make</ex> an error; to <ex>make</ex> a loss; to <ex>make</ex> money</as></def>.

<blockquote>He accuseth Neptune unjustly who <b>makes</b> shipwreck a second time. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(f)</sd> <def>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 <i>made</i> the distance of; to travel over; <as>as, the ship <ex>makes</ex> ten knots an hour; he <ex>made</ex> the distance in one day</as></def>. <sd>(h)</sd> <def>To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive</def>.

<blockquote>Who <b>makes</b> or ruins with a smile or frown. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; <as>as, to <ex>make</ex> known; to <ex>make</ex> public; to <ex>make</ex> fast.</as></def>

<blockquote>Who <b>made</b> thee a prince and a judge over us? <i>Ex. ii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>See, I have <b>made</b> thee a god to Pharaoh. <i>Ex. vii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to <i>make</i> merry; to <i>make</i> bold; to <i>make</i> free, etc.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.</def>

<blockquote>He is not that goose and ass that Valla would <b>make</b> him. <i>Baker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.</def>

<note>&hand; In the active voice the <i>to</i> of the infinitive is usually omitted.</note>

<blockquote>I will <b>make</b> them hear my words. <i>Deut. iv. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They should be <b>made</b> to rise at their early hour. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, he will <ex>make</ex> a good musician; sweet cider <ex>makes</ex> sour vinegar; wool <ex>makes</ex> warm clothing.</as></def>

<blockquote>And old cloak <b>makes</b> a new jerkin. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.</def>

<blockquote>The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, <b>Make</b> but one temple for the Deity. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To be engaged or concerned in.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Gomez, what <b>makest</b> thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.</def> "And <i>make</i> the Libyan shores."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>They that sail in the middle can <b>make</b> no land of either side. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To make a bed</col>, <cd>to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order.</cd> -- <col>To make a card</col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>to take a trick with it.</cd> -- <col>To make account</col>. <cd>See under <er>Account</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To make account of</col>, <cd>to esteem; to regard.</cd> -- <col>To make away</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy</cd>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd>

<blockquote>If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they <b>made</b> him <b>away</b>. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To alienate; to transfer; to make over.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Waller</i>. -- <col>To make believe</col>, <cd>to pretend; to feign; to simulate.</cd> -- <col>To make bold</col>, <cd>to take the liberty; to venture.</cd> -- <col>To make the cards</col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>to shuffle the pack.</cd> -- <col>To make choice of</col>, <cd>to take by way of preference; to choose.</cd> -- <col>To make danger</col>, <cd>to make experiment. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Beau. & Fl</i>.</cd> -- <col>To make default</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to fail to appear or answer.</cd> -- <col>To make the doors</col>, <cd>to shut the door. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd>

<blockquote><b>Make the doors</b> upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

- <col>To make free with</col>. <cd>See under <er>Free</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>To make good</col>. <cd>See under <er>Good</er>.</cd> -- <col>To make head</col>, <cd>to make headway.</cd> -- <col>To make light of</col>. <cd>See under <er>Light</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>To make little of</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To belittle.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To accomplish easily.</cd> -- <col>To make love to</col>. <cd>See under <er>Love</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To make meat</col>, <cd>to cure meat in the open air. <mark>[Colloq. Western U. S.</cd>]</mark> -- <col>To make merry</col>, <cd>to feast; to be joyful or jovial.</cd> -- <col>To make much of</col>, <cd>to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly.</cd> -- <col>To make no bones</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bone</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>To make no difference</col>, <cd>to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference.</cd> -- <col>To make no doubt</col>, <cd>to have no doubt.</cd> -- <col>To make no matter</col>, <cd>to have no weight or importance; to make no difference.</cd> -- <col>To make oath</col> <sd>(Law)</sd>, <cd>to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law.</cd> -- <col>To make of</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To understand or think concerning; <as>as, not to know what <ex>to make of</ex> the news</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account</cd>. "<i>Makes</i> she no more <i>of</i> me than <i>of</i> a slave." <i>Dryden</i>.</cd> -- <col>To make one's law</col> <fld>(Old Law)</fld>, <cd>to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge.</cd> -- <col>To make out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To find out; to discover; to decipher; <as>as, <ex>to make out</ex> the meaning of a letter</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To prove; to establish; <as>as, the plaintiff was unable <ex>to make</ex> out his case</as></cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To make complete or exact; <as>as, he was not able <ex>to make out</ex> the money</as>.</cd> -- <col>To make over</col>, <cd>to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; <as>as, he <ex>made over</ex> his estate in trust or in fee</as>.</cd> -- <col>To make sail</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To increase the quantity of sail already extended</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To set sail.</cd> -- <col>To make shift</col>, <cd>to manage by expedients; <as>as, they <ex>made shift</ex> to do without it. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></as>.</cd> -- <col>To make sternway</col>, <cd>to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward.</cd> -- <col>To make strange</col>, <cd>to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; <as>as, <ex>to make strange</ex> of a request or suggestion</as>.</cd> -- <col>To make suit to</col>, <cd>to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court.</cd> -- <col>To make sure</col>. <cd>See under <er>Sure</er>.</cd> -- <col>To make up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To collect into a sum or mass; <as>as, <ex>to make up</ex> the amount of rent; <ex>to make up</ex> a bundle or package</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To reconcile; to compose; as, <i>to make up</i> a difference or quarrel</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To supply what is wanting in; to complete; <as>as, a dollar is wanted <ex>to make up</ex> the stipulated sum</as></cd>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, <i>to make up</i> a mass into pills; <i>to make up</i> a story.</cd>