[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

make \make\ m=ak, v. i.
   1. 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. obs.
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            a scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
                                                  --shak.
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   2. to proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
      home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
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   note: 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.
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   3. to tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
      against; as, it makes for his advantage. --m. arnold.
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            follow after the things which make for peace. --rom.
                                                  xiv. 19.
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            considerations infinite
            do make against it.                   --shak.
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   4. to increase; to augment; to accrue.
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   5. to compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. archaic
      --chaucer. tennyson.
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            to solace him some time, as i do when i make. --p.
                                                  plowman.
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   to make as if, or to make as though, to pretend that; to
      make show that; to make believe see under make, v. t..
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            joshua and all israel made as if they were beaten
            before them, and fled.                --josh. viii.
                                                  15.
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            my lord of london maketh as though he were greatly
            displeased with me.                   --latimer.
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   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 manage oneself; to be able at
      last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the
      contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all
      right.
      b to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck;
          -- of courting couples or individuals for
          individuals, used with with; as, they made out on a
          bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress
          in the kitchen informal

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
to make as if to make as though make to make at to make away with to make off 
to make out to make up to make up for to make up to to make up with 
to make with 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

away \away"\, adv. as. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.
   1. from a place; hence.
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            the sound is going away.              --shak.
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            have me away, for i am sore wounded.  --2 chron.
                                                  xxxv. 23.
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   2. absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from
      home.
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   3. aside; off; in another direction.
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            the axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
                                                  --lockyer.
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   4. from a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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            be near me when i fade away.          --tennyson.
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   5. by ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: go
      or come away; begone; take away.
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            and the lord said . . . away, get thee down. --exod.
                                                  xix. 24.
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   6. on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,
      sing away. colloq.
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   note: it is much used in phrases signifying moving or going
         from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying
         departure, or separation to a distance. sometimes
         without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "love hath
         wings, and will away." --waller. it serves to modify
         the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal,
         loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle
         away; to squander away, etc. sometimes it has merely an
         intensive force; as, to blaze away.
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   away with, bear, abide. obs. or archaic "the calling of
      assemblies, i can not away with." --isa. i. 13, i. e.,
      "i can not bear or endure it."

   away with one, signifies, take him away. "away with him,
      crucify him." --john xix. 15.

   to make away with.
      a to kill or destroy.
      b to carry off.
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see also:
away with to make away with 

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