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make       (māk)  Pronunciation Key  v.   made (mād), mak·ing, makes v.   tr. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct: make a dress; made a stone wall. To form by assembling individuals or constituents: make a quorum. To change from one form or function to another: make clay into bricks. To cause to be or become: made her position clear; a decision that made him happy. To cause to assume a specified function or role: made her treasurer; made Austin his home. To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand. To compel: made him quit. To form in the mind: make an estimate. To compose: make verses. To prepare; fix: make dinner. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed. To gather and light the materials for (a fire). To engage in: make war. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand. To compel: made him quit. To form in the mind: make an estimate. To compose: make verses. To prepare; fix: make dinner. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed. To gather and light the materials for (a fire). To engage in: make war. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To form in the mind: make an estimate. To compose: make verses. To prepare; fix: make dinner. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed. To gather and light the materials for (a fire). To engage in: make war. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To prepare; fix: make dinner. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed. To gather and light the materials for (a fire). To engage in: make war. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To engage in: make war. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn't make the quota. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. To arrange or agree to: make a date. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. To reach in time: just made the plane. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To be suited for: Oak makes strong furniture. To develop into: will make a fine doctor. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. To add up to: Two and two make four. To amount to: makes no difference. To cover (a distance): made 200 miles before sunset To constitute the essence or nature of: Clothes make the man. To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding: You made my day. To appear to begin (an action): She made to leave. Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse. v.   intr. To act or behave in a specified manner: make merry; make free. To begin or appear to begin an action: made as if to shake my hand. To cause something to be as specified: make ready; make sure. To proceed in a certain direction: made for home; made after the thief. Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like: made like a ballerina. To undergo fabrication or manufacture: This wool makes up into a warm shawl. To rise or accumulate: The tide is making. n.   The act or process of making; manufacturing. The style or manner in which a thing is made: disliked the make of my coat. The amount produced, especially the output of a factory. A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark: a famous make of shirt. The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition: found out what make of man he was. Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records: Did you get a make on the thief? To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort. To help promote; further: makes for better communication. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain. To understand: could not make out what she said. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices. To fill in (a form, for example). Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business. Slang To neck; pet. To have sexual intercourse. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics. To apply cosmetics. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. To compensate for: make up for lost time. To redo; renovate. To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son. To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription. To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics. To apply cosmetics. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. To compensate for: make up for lost time. To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. To compensate for: make up for lost time. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up. To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss. To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure. To set in order: make up a room. Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page. To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes. To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes. Phrasal Verb(s): make for To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort. To help promote; further: makes for better communication. make off To depart in haste; run away. make out To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain. To understand: could not make out what she said. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices. To fill in (a form, for example). Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business. Slang To neck; pet. To have sexual intercourse. make over To redo; renovate. To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son. make up To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription. To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics. To apply cosmetics. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. To compensate for: make up for lost time. To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. To compensate for: make up for lost time. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up. To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss. To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure. To set in order: make up a room. Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page. make with Slang To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes. To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes. Idiom(s): make a clean breast of To confess fully. Idiom(s): make a face To distort the features of the face; grimace. Idiom(s): make a go of To achieve success in: have made a go of the business. Idiom(s): make away with To carry off; steal. To use up or consume. To kill or destroy. Idiom(s): make believe To pretend. Idiom(s): make bold To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar. Idiom(s): make book To accept bets on a race, game, or contest. Idiom(s): make do To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income. Idiom(s): make ends meet To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs. Idiom(s): make eyes To ogle. Idiom(s): make fun of To mock; ridicule. Idiom(s): make good To carry out successfully: made good his escape. To fulfill: made good her promise. To make compensation for; make up for: made good the loss. To succeed: made good as a writer. Idiom(s): make hay To turn to one's advantage: The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal. Idiom(s): make heads or tails of To understand: I couldn't make heads or tails of the report. Idiom(s): make history To do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history: The first space flight made history. Idiom(s): make it Informal To achieve a goal; be successful. finally made it as an actor. Slang To have sexual intercourse. Idiom(s): make light of To treat as unimportant: He made light of his illness. Idiom(s): make love To engage in amorous caressing. To engage in sexual intercourse. Idiom(s): make much of To treat as of great importance. Idiom(s): make no bones about To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely: They make no bones about their dislike for each other. Idiom(s): make off with To snatch or steal: made off with the profits. Idiom(s): make (one's) day To give one great pleasure. Idiom(s): make (one's) peace with To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to. Idiom(s): make (one's) way To go forward; advance. To succeed, especially in making a living. Idiom(s): make sail To begin a voyage. To set sail. Idiom(s): make sense To be coherent or intelligible: an explanation that made sense. To be practical or advisable: It makes sense to go now. Idiom(s): make something of To start a fight or quarrel over. Idiom(s): make the grade To measure up to a given standard. Idiom(s): make the most of To use to the greatest advantage. Idiom(s): make the scene Slang To put in an appearance: made the scene at the party. To participate in a specified activity: made the drug scene. Idiom(s): make time To travel speedily. To travel at a specified rate: We made good time getting to town. Slang To make progress toward attracting someone: tried to make time with the new neighbor. Idiom(s): make tracks Slang To move or leave in a hurry. Idiom(s): make up (one's) mind To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion. Idiom(s): make waves Slang To cause a disturbance or controversy. Idiom(s): make way To give room for passage; move aside. To make progress. Idiom(s): on the make Slang Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement: a young executive on the make. Eagerly seeking a sexual partner. [Middle English maken, from Old English macian; see mag- in Indo-European roots.] mak'a·ble, make'a·ble adj.

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make
noun
1.	a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand]
2.	the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle]
verb
1.	engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
2.	give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
3.	make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
4.	cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce]
5.	give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" [syn: cause]
6.	create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce]
7.	make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: draw]
8.	compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
9.	create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create]
10.	earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain]
11.	create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" [syn: do] [ant: undo]
12.	to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: form]
13.	reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" [syn: reach]
14.	be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
15.	make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
16.	perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
17.	make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct]
18.	change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
19.	act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
20.	charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: name]
21.	achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: have]
22.	reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach]
23.	institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down]
24.	carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
25.	form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"
26.	organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold]
27.	put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
28.	head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: take]
29.	have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: stool]
30.	undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
31.	be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
32.	add up to; "four and four make eight"
33.	amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
34.	constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
35.	appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
36.	proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"
37.	reach in time; "We barely made the plane"
38.	gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
39.	prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook]
40.	induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce]
41.	assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" [ant: break]
42.	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
43.	consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
44.	calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"
45.	cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
46.	favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
47.	develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
48.	behave in a certain way; "make merry"
49.	eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

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In addition to the idioms beginning with make, also see absence makes the heart grow fonder; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; can't make head or tail of; kiss and make up; many hands make light work; might makes right; on the make; practice makes perfect; put in (make) an appearance; put the make on; run for it, make a; that makes two of us; two wrongs do not make a right; what makes one tick. Also see under made.

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Make programming, tool
The Unix tool to automate the recompilation, linking etc. of programs, taking account of the interdependencies of modules and their modification times. Make reads instructions from a "makefile" which specifies a set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the commands to execute in order to produce them.
Most C systems come with a make. There is also one produce by GNU.
["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs", A.I. Feldman, TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977].
(1995-01-05)

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Make

Make\, n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See Match.] A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]

For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. --Chaucer.

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Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Made; p. pr. & vb. n. Making.] [OE. maken, makien, 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.]

1. 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: (a) 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. --Ex. xxxii. 4. (b) 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. --Spenser. (c) 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. --Judg. xvi. 25.

Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4.

I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) 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. --Bacon. (f) 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. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden.

2. 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? --Ex. ii. 14.

See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1.

Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc.

3. 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. --Baker.

4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted.

I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10.

They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke.

5. 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. --Shak.

6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller.

7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]

Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden.

8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." --Dryden.

They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne.

To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order.

To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.

To make account. See under Account, n.

To make account of, to esteem; to regard.

To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]

If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller.

To make believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.

To make bold</