Make 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.]
    A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.   --Shak.
 2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
 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.
 3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
    Follow after the things which make for peace.   --Rom. xiv. 19.
 Considerations infinite
 Do make against it.   --Shak.
 4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
 5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic]
    To solace him some time, as I do when I make.   --P. Plowman.
 To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.).
    Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled.   --Josh. viii. 15.
    My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me.   --Latimer.
 -- 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.


 A·way adv.
 1. From a place; hence.
    The sound is going away.   --Shak.
    Have me away, for I am sore wounded.   --2 Chron. xxxv. 23.
 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
 3. Aside; off; in another direction.
    The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.   --Lockyer.
 4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
    Be near me when I fade away.   --Tennyson.
 5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
    And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down.   --Exod. xix. 24.
 6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]
 Note: ☞ It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? “Love hath wings, and will away.” --Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.
 Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] “The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.” (--Isa. i. 13), i. e., “I can not bear or endure [it].”
 Away with one, signifies, take him away.  “Away with him, crucify him.” --John xix. 15.
 To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

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