Make

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To be engaged or concerned in.

II. Make ·noun A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

III. Make ·vt To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

IV. Make ·noun Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

V. Make ·vi To compose verses; to write poetry; to Versify.

VI. Make ·vt To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, ·etc.

VII. Make ·vt To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

VIII. Make ·vt To Reach; to Attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

IX. Make ·vt To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false;

— often with up; as, to make up a story.

X. Make ·vi To Increase; to Augment; to Accrue.

XI. Make ·vt To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to Construct; to Fabricate.

XII. Make ·vt To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to Constitute; to Form; to amount to.

XIII. Make ·vi To Tend; to Contribute; to have effect;

— with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

XIV. Make ·vt 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.

XV. Make ·vi 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.

XVI. Make ·vi To Proceed; to Tend; to Move; to Go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

XVII. Make ·vt 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.

XVIII. Make ·vt To cause to exist; to bring into being; to Form; to Produce; to Frame; to Fashion; to Create.

XIX. Make ·vt 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.

XX. Make ·vt To Require; to Constrain; to Compel; to Force; to Cause; to Occasion;

— followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

XXI. Make ·vt 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.

XXII. Make ·vt 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.

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