·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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.