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