Make

mak, v. t. [made (mad), making.] To cause to exist; produce, frame, create; to produce (something artificial or false); to bring about, effect, do, execute, etc.; to gain, as the result of one's efforts to suffer; to find, as the result of computation; to pa over the distance of, travel over; to put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause to be or become, constitute; to cause to appear to be; to esteem, represent; to require, compel, force; to compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to form; to serve or answer as; to reach, or arrive at; to come near, so as to have within sight. — v. i. To tend, proceed, move; to contribute, have effect; to increase, augment, accrue. — n. Structure; texture; constitution of parts. — Mak'er, n. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; the Creator. {Law.) One who signs or makes a promi ory note. — Make'-believe', n. A mere pretense. — shift, n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.— -up, n. The whole,— disting. from the parts composing it; general composition or structure; get-up; among actors, artificial preparation of the face, etc., for the stage. {Print.) Arranging of type into pages, with proper head-lines, etc. — weight, -wat, n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight.