'To make as if' definitions:

Definition of 'To make as if'

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Make \Make\ (m[=a]k), 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.] [1913 Webster]
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Follow after the things which make for peace. --Rom. xiv. 19. [1913 Webster]
Considerations infinite Do make against it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To increase; to augment; to accrue. [1913 Webster]
5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.). [1913 Webster]
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. --Josh. viii. 15. [1913 Webster]
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'To make as if'

Make,
Maked,
Making,
On the make,
To make at,
To make of,
To make off,
To make out,
To make over,
To make up,
To make up for,
To make up to,
To make up with,
To make with,
make as if,
make do,
make for,
make it,
make off,
make out,
make over,
make the most of,
make up,
make up to,
makings,
Glass making,
Leasing making,
Make and break,
Making-up,
To make a bed,
To make a book,
To make a card,
To make a choice of,
To make a circuit,
To make a face,
To make a fool of,
To make a lip,
To make a march,
To make a move,
To make a point,
To make a point of,
To make a stand,
To make account,
To make account of,
To make as though,
To make away,
To make away with,
To make believe,
To make bold,
To make book,
To make choice of,
To make conscience of,
To make dainty,
To make danger,
To make default,
To make fast,
To make free with,
To make friends with,
To make fun of,
To make game of,
To make good,
To make haste,
To make head,
To make head against,
To make it strange,
To make it tough,
To make it wise,
To make land,
To make light of,
To make little of,
To make love,
To make love to,
To make meat,
To make merry,
To make mischief,
To make money,
To make much of,
To make nice of,
To make no bones,
To make no difference,
To make no doubt,
To make no matter,
To make nothing of,
To make oath,
To make pourparty,
To make prize of,
To make ready,
To make room,
To make sail,
To make scruple,
To make shift,
To make ship,
To make sternway,
To make strange,
To make suit to,
To make sure,
To make terms,
To make the best of,
To make the cards,
To make the doors,
To make time,
To make up a face,
To make use of,
To make water,
To make way,
To make way with,
To make words,
To meddle and make,
decision making,
film making,
lace making,
make a deal,
make a face,
make a killing,
make a motion,
make a point,
make a point of,
make a show of,
make a stink,
make advances,
make allowance for,
make amends,
make an example of,
make an impression,
make believe,
make bold,
make clean,
make clear,
make full,
make fun,
make fun of,
make good,
make grow,
make happy,
make haste,
make hay,
make headway,
make known,
make light of,
make love,
make merry,
make money,
make no bones about,
make noise,
make nothing of,
make pass,
make peace,
make plain,
make possible,
make pure,
make relaxed,
make reparation,
make reparations,
make sense,
make sure,
make the grade,
make the scene,
make unnecessary,
make water,
make way,
make whoopie,
make-do,
make-up,
making known,
making love,
making water,
movie making,
photoplate making,
to make moot,
wine making,
Love-making,
Make-believe,
Make-game,
Make-peace,
Making-iron,
Mischief-making,
Money-making,
To make a clean breast,
To make a dead set,
To make a good board,
To make a matter of conscience,
To make bad weather,
To make both ends meet,
To make common cause with,
To make ducks and drakes,
To make fair weather,
To make foul water,
To make good weather,
To make one a compliment,
To make one's compliments to,
To make one's election,
To make one's hand,
To make one's law,
To make one's manners,
To make one's mark,
To make one's peace with,
To make one's way,
To make short boards,
To make the heart bleed,
To make up one's mind,
custom-make,
epoch-making,
film-make,
make a clean breast of,
make a federal case,
make ends meet,
make up one's mind,
make vibrant sounds,
make-belief,
make-work,
policy-making,
tailor-make,
To make a thing one's business,
To make one's self at home,
To make one's self scarce,
To make one's self strange,
To make one's self understood,
To make the face to shine upon,
non-profit-making,
slave-making ant,
nonprofit non-profit-making,
The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed