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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. |
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To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to
produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. |
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To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form;
to construct; to fabricate. |
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To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false;
-- often with up; as, to make up a story. |
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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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To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a
bill, note, will, deed, etc. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to
thrive. |
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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. |
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To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
esteem, suppose, or represent. |
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To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. |
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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. |
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To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
constitute; to form; to amount to. |
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To be engaged or concerned in. |
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To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. |
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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. |
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To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
home; the tiger made at the sportsmen. |
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To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
against; as, it makes for his advantage. |
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To increase; to augment; to accrue. |
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To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. |
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Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction;
shape; form. |