[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.
      1913 webster

            a scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
      home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   3. to tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
      against; as, it makes for his advantage. --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   to make as if, or to make as though, to pretend that; to
      make show that; to make believe see under make, v. t..
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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 

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