- OE. makenmakien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak�n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh�n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match an equal
- To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf.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.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.Wealth maketh many friends.I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made.To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.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.He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.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.To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
- 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?See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh.
- 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.
- 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.They should be made to rise at their early hour.
- 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.
- 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.
- To be engaged or concerned in.ObsGomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
- To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.Andmakethe Libyan shores.They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
