Definition of Make

Make

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

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.

To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

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.

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.

To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

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.

To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

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.

To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

To be engaged or concerned in.

To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

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.

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

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Albert Einstein

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha