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Majestical (?), a. Majestic. Cowley.
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An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical.
M. Arnold.
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-- Majestically, adv. -- Majesticalness, n.
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Majesticness (?), n. The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg.
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Majesty (?), n.; pl. Majesties (#). [OE. magestee, F. majesté, L. majestas, fr. an old compar. of magnus great. See , .] The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
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The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty.
Ps. xciii. 1.
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No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace.
Macaulay.
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2. Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
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In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness or Grace.
Robertson.
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3. Dignity; elevation of manner or style. Dryden.
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Majidae prop. n. A natural family comprising the spider crabs.
Syn. -- family Majidae.
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Majolica (?), n. [It.] A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
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☞ The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. Heyse.
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Major (?), [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. , , , , a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
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2. Of greater dignity; more important. Shak.
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3. Of full legal age; adult. [Obs.]
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4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
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Coloq. Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. -- Coloq. Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. -- Coloq. Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See , and . -- Coloq. Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. -- Coloq. Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. -- Coloq. Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.
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Major, n. [F. major. See , a.] 1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
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2. (Law) A person of full age.
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3. (Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
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☞ In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major.
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4. [LL. See .] A mayor. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Majorana prop. n. A small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.
Syn. -- genus Majorana.
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Majorat (?), n. [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See , a., and cf. .] 1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
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2. (French Law) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
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Majorate (?), n. The office or rank of a major.
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Majorate (?), v. t. [LL. majorare to augment. See , a.] To augment; to increase. [Obs.] Howell.
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Majoration (?), n. Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon.
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major axis n. (Geom.), The greater axis of a geometrical figure. Especially: the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, which passes through the two foci. See , n., 2.
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Majorcan (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
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major diatonic scale n. (Mus.), The natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth notes, and whole tones between the other notes; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major; also called major scale. See , and .
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Major-domo (?), n. [Sp. mayordomo, or It. maggiordomo; both fr. LL. majordomus; L. major greater + domus house.] A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.
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major form class n. (Grammar) Any of the of traditional grammar.
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Major general (?). An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
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Majority (?), n.; pl. Majorities (#). [F. majorité. See .] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
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2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
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3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
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4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See .
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Coloq. To go over to the majority or Coloq. To join the majority , to die.
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majority leader n. (Politics) The leader of the majority party in a legislature. Compare minority leader.
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majority rule n. The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority{2} of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group; as, our club makes decisions by majority rule.. Contrasted with unanimous consent, or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization.
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major league n. (Sports) The most important league{2} in any sport (especially baseball); contrasted with minor league. Its teams are more competent, its members are paid more, and its games attract more interest and publicity, than those of a minor league.
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major-league, major league a. 1. Of or pertaining to a ; as, major-league football rules.
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2. Among the best or most important of its class; as, a major-league computer manufacturer.
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major-league club, major-league team n. A sports team that plays in a major league.
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major leaguer n. A member of a major-league baseball team.
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major power n. A nation powerful enough to influence events throughout the world.
Syn. -- world power, great power, power.
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major premise n. (Logic), That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion). Contrasted to minor premise.
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Majorship (?), n. The office of major.
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majors n. pl. The teams in the major leagues.
Syn. -- major leagues, big leagues.
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major suit n. (Bridge) A suit of playing cards which has higher scoring value; specifically, either spades or hearts. Contrasted with a minor suit, being either diamonds or clubs.
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major term n. (Logic), That term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion.
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Majoun (?), n. See .
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Majusculæ (?), n. pl. [L., fem. pl. fr. majusculus somewhat greater or great, dim. of major, majus. See .] (Palæography) Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
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Majuscule (?), n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See .] A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See .
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Coloq. Majuscule writing , writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.
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makable (?), a. Capable of being made.
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Makalu prop. n. A mountain in Nepal and Tibet, 27,824 feet high. According to WordNet, it is 27,790 feet high.
Syn. -- Makalu I.
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makaron (?), n. See , 2. [Obs.]
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make (māk), n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See .] A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]
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For in this world no woman is
Worthy to be my make.
Chaucer.
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make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. made (mād); 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. 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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☞ 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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☞ 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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Coloq. To make a bed , to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. -- Coloq. To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. -- Coloq. To make account . See under , n. -- Coloq. To make account of , to esteem; to regard. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make believe , to pretend; to feign; to simulate. -- Coloq. To make bold , to take the liberty; to venture. -- Coloq. To make the cards (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack. -- Coloq. To make choice of , to take by way of preference; to choose. -- Coloq. To make danger , to make experiment. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- Coloq. To make default (Law), to fail to appear or answer. -- Coloq. 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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- Coloq. To make free with . See under , a. -- Coloq. To make good . See under . -- Coloq. To make head , to make headway. -- Coloq. To make light of . See under , a. -- Coloq. To make little of . (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. -- Coloq. To make love to . See under , n. -- Coloq. To make meat , to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] -- Coloq. To make merry , to feast; to be joyful or jovial. -- Coloq. To make much of , to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. -- Coloq. To make no bones . See under , n. -- Coloq. To make no difference , to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- Coloq. To make no doubt , to have no doubt. -- Coloq. To make no matter , to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. -- Coloq. To make oath (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make over , to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee. -- Coloq. To make sail . (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b) To set sail. -- Coloq. To make shift , to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. -- Coloq. To make sternway , to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make suit to , to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. -- Coloq. To make sure . See under . -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make up a face , to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. -- Coloq. To make up one's mind , to reach a mental determination; to resolve. -- Coloq. To make way , or Coloq. To make one's way . (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way. -- Coloq. To make words , to multiply words.
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Make (māk), 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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☞ 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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Coloq. To make as if , or Coloq. To make as though , to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under , 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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-- Coloq. To make at , to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack. -- Coloq. To make away with . (a) To carry off. (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. (c) To kill; to destroy. -- Coloq. To make off , to go away suddenly. -- Coloq. 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] -- Coloq. To make up , to become reconciled or friendly. -- Coloq. To make up for , to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. -- Coloq. To make up to . (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us. (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to. -- Coloq. To make up with , to become reconciled to. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To make with , to concur or agree with. Hooker.
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Make, n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
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It our perfection of so frail a make
As every plot can undermine and shake?
Dryden.
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Coloq. On the make , (a) bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.] (b) seeking higher social status or a higher employment position. (c) seeking a sexual partner; looking for sexual adventure.
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Make and break. (Elec.) Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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Makebate (?), n. [Make, v. + bate a quarrel.] One who excites contentions and quarrels. [Obs.]
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make-belief (?), n. A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman.
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make believe (?), v. i. To pretend; -- often used with that, but often having the that omitted; as, he made believe he didn't hear her; or he made believe that he didn't hear her.
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make-believe (?), n. A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. “Childlike make-believe.” Tylor.
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To forswear self-delusion and make-believe.
M. Arnold.
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Make-believe, a. 1. Feigned; insincere. “Make-believe reverence.” G. Eliot.
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2. Imaginary; as, the child had a make-believe friend to whom he often talked.
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Maked (?), obs. p. p. of . Made. Chaucer.
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Make-game (?), n. An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin.
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make known v. t. To reveal; to disclose; as, the congressman made known his interest in the company only after he voted on the bill.
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Makeless, a. [See 1st , and cf. , .] 1. Matchless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Without a mate. Shak.
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Make-peace (-pēs), n. A peacemaker. [R.] Shak.
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Maker (mākẽr), n. 1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.
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The universal Maker we may praise.
Milton.
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2. (Law) The person who makes a promissory note.
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3. One who writes verses; a poet. [Obs.]
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☞ “The Greeks named the poet poihths, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a maker.” Sir P. Sidney.
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Coloq. To meet one's maker , to die.
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makeready n. The final preparation and adjustments.
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