make — Defs

01 n. A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

1.
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.[Obs.]
“For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make.” — Chaucer.

02 v. t. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

imp. & p. p. made; p. pr. & vb. n. making

1.
To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
“He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf.” — Ex. xxxii. 4.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
“He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.” — Bacon.
5.
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.
“Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.” — Dryden.
6.
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.
7.
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.
8.
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
“I will make them hear my words.” — Deut. iv. 10.

“They should be made to rise at their early hour.” — Locke.
9.
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.
10.
To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
“The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity.” — Waller.
11.
To be engaged or concerned in.[Obs.]
“Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?” — Dryden.
12.
To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
“They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.” — Sir T. Browne.

“If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away.” — Burton.

“Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement.” — Shak.

“He was all made up of love and charms!” — Addison.

03 v. i. 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.

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.
3.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
“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]
“To solace him some time, as I do when I make.” — P. Plowman.

“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.

04 n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

1.
Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
“It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine and shake?” — Dryden.

Phrases & compounds

On the make — bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain.