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

love \love\ lu^v, n. oe. love, luve, as. lufe, lufu; akin
   to e. lief, believe, l. lubet, libet, it pleases, skr. lubh
   to be lustful. see lief.
   1. a feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
      delights or commands admiration; pre"eminent kindness or
      devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
      of brothers and sisters.
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            of all the dearest bonds we prove
            thou countest sons' and mothers' love
            most sacred, most thine own.          --keble.
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   2. especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
      affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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            he on his side
            leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
            hung over her enamored.               --milton.
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   3. courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
      to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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            demetrius . . .
            made love to nedar's daughter, helena,
            and won her soul.                     --shak.
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   4. affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
      desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
      with of and an object.
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            love, and health to all.              --shak.
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            smit with the love of sacred song.    --milton.
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            the love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                  --fenton.
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   5. due gratitude and reverence to god.
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            keep yourselves in the love of god.   --jude 21.
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   6. the object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
      address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
      love was reading. "trust me, love." --dryden.
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            open the temple gates unto my love.   --spenser.
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   7. cupid, the god of love; sometimes, venus.
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            such was his form as painters, when they show
            their utmost art, on naked lores bestow. --dryden.
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            therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw love.
                                                  --shak.
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   8. a thin silk stuff. obs. --boyle.
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   9. bot. a climbing species of clematis clematis
      vitalba.
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   10. nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
       counting score at tennis, etc.
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             he won the match by three sets to love. --the
                                                  field.
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   11. sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
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   note: love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
         most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
         love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
         love-taught, etc.
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   a labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
      for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
      without expectation of reward.

   free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
      of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. see
      free love.

   free lover, one who avows or practices free love.

   in love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
      the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.

   love apple bot., the tomato.

   love bird zool., any one of several species of small,
      short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
      agapornis, and allied genera. they are mostly from
      africa. some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
      celebrated for the affection which they show for their
      mates.

   love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
      lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --shak.

   love charm, a charm for exciting love. --ld. lytton.

   love child. an illegitimate child. --jane austen.

   love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
      adjustment of differences. obs. --piers plowman.
      --chaucer.

   love drink, a love potion; a philter. --chaucer.

   love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.

   love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
      religious denominations, as the moravians and methodists,
      in imitation of the agapae of the early christians.

   love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --shak.

   love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
      person or party does not score a point.

   love grass. g. liebesgras. bot. any grass of the genus
      eragrostis.

   love-in-a-mist. bot.
       a an herb of the buttercup family nigella damascena
           having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
           bracts.
       b the west indian passiflora foetida, which has
           similar bracts.

   love-in-idleness bot., a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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            a little western flower,
            before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
            and maidens call it love-in-idleness. --shak.

   love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
      --shak.

   love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
      being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
      affection. --milman.

   love lass, a sweetheart.

   love letter, a letter of courtship. --shak.

   love-lies-bleeding bot., a species of amaranth
      amarantus melancholicus.

   love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.

   love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
      or venereal desire.

   love rites, sexual intercourse. --pope

   love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
      stage.

   love suit, courtship. --shak.

   of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
      obs. "mrs. arden desired him of all loves to come back
      again." --holinshed.

   the god of love, or the love god, cupid.

   to make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
      euphemism.

   to make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "if you
      will marry, make your loves to me." --shak.

   to play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
      stakes. "a game at piquet for love." --lamb.
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   syn: affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
        delight.
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see also:
lief hate lematis clematis vitalba a labor of love free love 
free lover in love love apple love bird agapornis 
love broker love charm love child love day love drink 
love favor love feast love feat love game love grass 
eragrostis love-in-a-mist nigella damascena passiflora foetida love-in-idleness 
love juice love knot love lass love letter love-lies-bleeding 
amarantus melancholicus love match love potion love rites love scene 
love suit of all loves the god of love the love god to make love 
to make love to to play for love 

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

make \make\, v. t. imp.  p. p. made m=ad; 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.
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                he . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after
                he had made it a molten calf.     --ex. xxxii.
                                                  4.
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      b to produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or
          false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
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                and art, with her contending, doth aspire
                to excel the natural with made delights.
                                                  --spenser.
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      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.
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                call for samson, that he may make us sport.
                                                  --judg. xvi.
                                                  25.
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                wealth maketh many friends.       --prov. xix.
                                                  4.
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                i will neither plead my age nor sickness in
                excuse of the faults which i have made.
                                                  --dryden.
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      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.
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                he accuseth neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck
                a second time.                    --bacon.
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      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 in a desired or desirable condition; to cause
          to thrive.
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                who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
                                                  --dryden.
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   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.
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            who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --ex.
                                                  ii. 14.
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            see, i have made thee a god to pharaoh. --ex. vii.
                                                  1.
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   note: when used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
         pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
         bold; to make free, etc.
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   3. to cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
      esteem, suppose, or represent.
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            he is not that goose and ass that valla would make
            him.                                  --baker.
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   4. to require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
      to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
      infinitive.
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   note: in the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually
         omitted.
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               i will make them hear my words.    --deut. iv.
                                                  10.
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               they should be made to rise at their early hour.
                                                  --locke.
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   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.
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            and old cloak makes a new jerkin.     --shak.
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   6. to compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
      constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham
      makes a hearty meal.
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            the heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
            make but one temple for the deity.    --waller.
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   7. to be engaged or concerned in. obs.
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            gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
            brotherhood of city bailiffs?         --dryden.
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   8. to reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "and
      make the libyan shores." --dryden.
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            they that sail in the middle can make no land of
            either side.                          --sir t.
                                                  browne.
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   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.
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                if a child were crooked or deformed in body or
                mind, they made him away.         --burton.
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      b to alienate; to transfer; to make over. obs.
          --waller.

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

   to make bold, to take the liberty; to venture.

   to make the cards card playing, to shuffle the pack.

   to make choice of, to take by way of preference; to choose.
      

   to make danger, to make experiment. obs. --beau.  fl.

   to make default law, to fail to appear or answer.

   to make the doors, to shut the door. obs.
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            make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out
            at the casement.                      --shak.
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   to make free with. see under free, a.

   to make good. see under good.

   to make head, to make headway.

   to make light of. see under light, a.

   to make little of.
      a to belittle.
      b to accomplish easily.

   to make love to. see under love, n.

   to make meat, to cure meat in the open air. colloq.
      western u. s.

   to make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.

   to make much of, to treat with much consideration,,
      attention, or fondness; to value highly.

   to make no bones. see under bone, n.

   to make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to
      be a matter of indifference.

   to make no doubt, to have no doubt.

   to make no matter, to have no weight or importance; to make
      no difference.

   to make oath law, to swear, as to the truth of something,
      in a prescribed form of law.

   to make of.
      a to understand or think concerning; as, not to know
          what to make of the news.
      b to pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to
          account. "makes she no more of me than of a slave."
          --dryden.

   to make one's law old law, to adduce proof to clear one's
      self of a charge.

   to make out.
      a to find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
          the meaning of a letter.
      b to gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry;
          as, as they approached the city, he could make out the
          tower of the chrysler building.
      c to prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable
          to make out his case.
      d to make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make
          out the money.
      d to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a
          bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the
          cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and
          handed it to him.

   to make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to
      alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
      

   to make sail. naut.
      a to increase the quantity of sail already extended.
      b to set sail.

   to make shift, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift
      to do without it. colloq..

   to make sternway, to move with the stern foremost; to go or
      drift backward.

   to make strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
      surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
      request or suggestion.

   to make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
      court.

   to make sure. see under sure.

   to make up.
      a to collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the
          amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
      b to reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference
          or quarrel.
      c to supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a
          dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
      d to compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape,
          prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
          pills; to make up a story.
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                he was all made up of love and charms
                                                  --addison.
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      e to compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
      f to adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make
          up accounts.
      g to dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was
          well made up.

   to make up a face, to distort the face as an expression of
      pain or derision.

   to make up one's mind, to reach a mental determination; to
      resolve.

   to make way, or to make one's way.
      a to make progress; to advance.
      b to open a passage; to clear the way.

   to make words, to multiply words.
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see also:
made making match to make a bed to make a card to make account 
account to make account of to make away to make believe to make bold 
to make the cards to make choice of to make danger to make default to make the doors 
to make free with free to make good good to make head 
to make light of light to make little of to make love to love 
to make meat to make merry to make much of to make no bones bone 
to make no difference to make no doubt to make no matter to make oath to make of 
to make one's law to make out to make over to make sail to make shift 
to make sternway to make strange to make suit to to make sure sure 
to make up to make up a face to make up one's mind to make way to make one's way 
to make words 

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