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 

sure \sure\, a. compar. surer; superl. surest. oe. sur,
   of. se"ur, f. s^ur, l. securus; se aside, without + cura
   care. see secure, and cf. assure, insure, sicker
   sure.
   1. certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt;
      implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
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            we are sure that the judgment of god is according to
            truth against them which commit such things. --rom.
                                                  ii. 2.
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            i'm sure care 's an enemy of life.    --shak.
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   2. certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be
      sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
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   3. fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or
      disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent;
      enduring. "his sure word." --keble.
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            the lord will certainly make my lord a sure house;
            because my lord fighteth the battles of the lord.
                                                  --1 sam. xxv.
                                                  28.
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            the testimony of the lord is sure.    --ps. xix. 7.
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            which put in good sure leather sacks. --chapman.
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   4. betrothed; engaged to marry. obs.
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            the king was sure to dame elizabeth lucy, and her
            husband before god.                   --sir t. more.
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            i presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as
            faith could bind you, man and wife.   --brome.
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   5. free from danger; safe; secure.
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            fear not; the forest is not three leagues off;
            if we recover that we are sure enough. --shak.
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   to be sure, or be sure, certainly; without doubt; as,
      shall you do? to be sure i shall.

   to make sure.
      a to make certain; to secure so that there can be no
          failure of the purpose or object. "make cato sure."
          --addison. "a peace can not fail, provided we make
          sure of spain." --sir w. temple.
      b to betroth. obs.
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                she that's made sure to him she loves not well.
                                                  --cotgrave.
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   syn: certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent;
        steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident;
        positive.
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see also:
surer surest secure assure insure sicker 
to be sure be sure to make sure