(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.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
Bacon. (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.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
Dryden. 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.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
Ex. ii. 14.
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh.
Ex. vii. 1. When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to
make bold; to make free, etc.
3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him.
Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; — followed by a noun or pronoun and
infinitive.
In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted.
I will make them hear my words.
Deut. iv. 10.
They should be made to rise at their early hour.
Locke. 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.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin.
Shak. 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
Make but one temple for the Deity.
Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." Dryden.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
Sir T. Browne.
