Part 6766

<h1>Make-believe</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Make"-be*lieve`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.</def> "Childlike <i>make-believe</i>."

<i>Tylor.</i>

<blockquote>To forswear self-delusion and <b>make-believe</b>. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Make-believe</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Make"-be*lieve`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt><def>Feigned; insincere.</def> "<i>Make-believe</i> reverence."<-- imaginary -->

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Maked</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Mak"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <mord><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Make</er></mord>. <def>Made.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Make-game</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Make"-game`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An object of ridicule; a butt.</def>

<i>Godwin.</i>

<h1>Makeless</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Make"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Make</er>, and cf. <er>Matchless</er>, <er>Mateless</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Matchless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without a mate.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Make-peace</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Make"-peace`</hw> <tt>(-p&emac;s`)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A peacemaker</def>. <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Maker</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Mak"er</hw> <tt>(m&amac;k"&etil;r)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.</def>

<blockquote>The universal <b>Maker</b> we may praise. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person who makes a promissory note.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who writes verses; a poet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; "The Greeks named the poet <grk>poihth`s</grk>, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word <grk>poiei^n</grk>, <i>make</i>; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a <i>maker</i>."</note>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>