資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Make \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. --M. Arnold.
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]
--Chaucer. Tennyson.
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 be able at last; to make shift;
as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties.
{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.
Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
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.