2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We
now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; — with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. M. Arnold.
Follow after the things which make for peace.
Rom. xiv. 19.
Considerations infinite
Do make against it.
Shak. 4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] Chaucer. Tennyson.
To solace him some time, as I do when I make.
P. Plowman. To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled.
Josh. viii. 15.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me.
Latimer. —
To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack. — To make away with. (a)
To carry off. (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. (c) To kill; to destroy. — To
make off, to go away suddenly. — To make out, to succeed; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he
made out to reconcile the contending parties. — To make up, to become reconciled or friendly. —
To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. — To make up to. (a) To approach; as,
a suspicious boat made up to us. (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to. — To make up with, to
become reconciled to. [Colloq.] — To make with, to concur or agree with. Hooker.
Make
(Make), n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
It our perfection of so frail a make
As every plot can undermine and shake?
Dryden. On the make,bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.]
