'To make up for' definitions:
Definition of 'To make up for'
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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 up for'
- Make,
- Maked,
- Making,
- On the make,
- To make as if,
- To make at,
- To make of,
- To make off,
- To make out,
- To make over,
- To make up,
- 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