Found 1 hit - Term: to make up for, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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.
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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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