make-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: make v.¹

Etymology: < make v.¹

1. Forming compounds (chiefly ad hoc formations) with nouns, with the sense ‘a person who or thing which makes, makes for, or serves for ——’.Productive mainly in 16th and 17th centuries, in many cases forming compounds paralleled by verbal phrases with make v.¹; new formations in this sense are now rare. See also main entries for more established compounds.

† make-debate n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who

sower1380

firebranda1382

barratorc1430

makebate1529

bate-makera1564

mischief-master1567

boutefeu?1584

make-debate1588

breed-bate1593

kindle-fire1595

brew-bate1602

brand1608

fling-brand1616

make-strife1617

mischief-monger1620

blow-coal1622

kindle-coal1630

fire spirit1647

mischief-maker1675

mischief-doer1822

mixer1938

1588 J. Hall Deposition 20 Aug. in Rec. Ely Consistory Court EDR K17/95 Accompted a carritale or make debate.

1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends lv. 68 The busy Whisperings of officious Make-debates.

† make-faith n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 401 Thousands of sober, and in their way pious, Christians, will echo the words,..and adopt the doctrine for their Make-faith.

† make-fire n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of

make-fire1560

firer1576

incendiary1606

conflagrator1641

fire-raiser1678

arsonist1848

arsonite1859

firebug1869

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary

make-fire1560

burn-grange1568

firer1576

incendiary1606

cendiary1624

conflagrator1641

fire-raiser1678

firesetter1831

arsonist1848

arsonite1859

petroleuse1871

petroleur1875

petrolist1890

torch1938

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxviij^v The seuerall confession of euery one of these make fyers [L. incendiarii].

† make-fray n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > cause of quarrel > one who causes quarrels

stickler1579

broil-maker1592

make-fray1598

broiler1657

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 31 If brabling Make-fray at ech Fayre and Sise, Picks quarrels for to shew his valiantise.

† make-king n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > behind the scenes > king- or queen-maker

kingmaker1595

whip-king1610

make-king1612

make-queen1655

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxvii. 53/1 That stout make-king, Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 705 Warwicke (the Mars and Make-King of England).

† make-mirth n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule

hethinga1340

japing-stickc1380

laughing stock?1518

mocking-stock1526

laughing game1530

jesting-stock1535

mockage1535

derision1539

sporting stocka1556

game1562

May game1569

scoffing-stock1571

playing stock1579

make-play1592

flouting-stock1593

sport1598

bauchle1600

jest1606

butt1607

make-sport1611

mocking1611

mirtha1616

laughing stakea1630

scoff1640

gaud1650

blota1657

make-mirth1656

ridicule1678

flout1708

sturgeon1708

laugh1710

ludibry1722

jestee1760

make-game1762

joke1791

laughee1808

laughing post1810

target1842

jest-word1843

Aunt Sally1859

monument1866

punchline1978

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxiii. 258 Court-Officers, Princes favorits, make-mirths, flatterers, and even Pandors.

make-news n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪknjuːz/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌn(j)uz/

ΚΠ

1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise ii. ix. 120 A setup where community has become so fragmented that a communal religion is a fiction, sustained only by talk and make-news items in the press and on television.

† make-pleas n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2 Doe, kick thou hugely hornd olde Dukes Oxe, good Maister Make-pleece.

† make-play n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule

hethinga1340

japing-stickc1380

laughing stock?1518

mocking-stock1526

laughing game1530

jesting-stock1535

mockage1535

derision1539

sporting stocka1556

game1562

May game1569

scoffing-stock1571

playing stock1579

make-play1592

flouting-stock1593

sport1598

bauchle1600

jest1606

butt1607

make-sport1611

mocking1611

mirtha1616

laughing stakea1630

scoff1640

gaud1650

blota1657

make-mirth1656

ridicule1678

flout1708

sturgeon1708

laugh1710

ludibry1722

jestee1760

make-game1762

joke1791

laughee1808

laughing post1810

target1842

jest-word1843

Aunt Sally1859

monument1866

punchline1978

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 Our Poets and Writers about London whom, thou hast called piperly Make-playes & Make-bates.

† make-queen n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > behind the scenes > king- or queen-maker

kingmaker1595

whip-king1610

make-king1612

make-queen1655

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 131 in Church-hist. Brit. As Nevill, Earle of Warwick was the Make-King: so this Dudley Earle of Warwick..was the Make-Queen.

make-rhyme n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkrʌɪm/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌraɪm/

ΚΠ

1893 Athenæum 14 Oct. 516/2 The sorry make-rhymes ‘I wis’, ‘I trow’, ‘I weet’, make their appearance now and again.

† make-strife n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who

sower1380

firebranda1382

barratorc1430

makebate1529

bate-makera1564

mischief-master1567

boutefeu?1584

make-debate1588

breed-bate1593

kindle-fire1595

brew-bate1602

brand1608

fling-brand1616

make-strife1617

mischief-monger1620

blow-coal1622

kindle-coal1630

fire spirit1647

mischief-maker1675

mischief-doer1822

mixer1938

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas (at cited word) A Make-bate, make-strife, or contentious person.

make-talk n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪktɔːk/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌtɔk/

/ˈmeɪkˌtɑk/

ΚΠ

1856 J. Allen On Everyday Wk. Ladies in Lect. Ladies on Pract. Subj. 211 A sort of complimentary observation, mere words of course, an unreal piece of make-talk.

† make-braser n. [compare brace v.²] Obsolete rare (perhaps) a person who domineers or blusters.

ΚΠ

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Surmowsers yll thynkers and make brasers.

make-before-break adj.

Brit.

/ˌmeɪkbᵻfɔːˈbreɪk/

U.S.

/ˌmeɪkbəˌfɔrˈbreɪk/

/ˌmeɪkbiˌfɔrˈbreɪk/

designating an electrical contact or connection involving two circuits in such a manner that one is established before the other is broken.

ΚΠ

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 522/2 Make-before-break contact, the group of contacts in a relay assembly so arranged that the one which moves makes contact with a front contact before it separates from a back contact.

1956 G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines ix. 181 Changeover contacts can also be arranged differently, as make-before-break contacts.

1993 EMC Test & Design Jan. 16/1 The CRO-BAR is designed as a make before break interconnect.

make-break n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkbreɪk/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌbreɪk/

the making and breaking of an electrical contact (usually attributive).

ΚΠ

1944 Electronics Nov. 127/3 Frequency shift can result in a much lower bandwidth than carrier make-break.

1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects xi. 485 The make-break cycles of appliances..can wreak havoc with radio reception.

† make-falcon n. Obsolete rare = make-hawk n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

villain1481

Lentiner1575

make-falcon1575

make-hawk1575

bockerel1653

waskite1655

hack hawk1686

bawrel1706

buzzardet1785

nankeen hawk1827

buteo1848

rook hawk1855

kite-eagle1883

star buzzard1884

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 160 By..calling of them to the lewre with other make Falcons, that is to say, a cast at once, to the end they may accustom and aquaint themselues one with another.

† make-God adj. Obsolete rare (derogatory) designating a Roman Catholic priest (see quot. 1705).

ΚΠ

1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 10 Not only the Make-God-Pope, but the Make-God-Priest.

make-good n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkɡʊd/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌɡʊd/

Advertising a repeat advertisement given free or at cut rates to an advertiser to compensate for an error in the original text of a newspaper, etc., or to enlarge the audience of the advertisement when a television programme or film fails to achieve its projected viewing figures.

ΚΠ

1949 H. P. Bridge Pract. Advertising xv. 362 Advertisers..should not insist on a ‘make-good’ unless careful investigation proves that it is entirely justified.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 17/2 Usually the specials or movies become premium advertising vehicles, and the networks can offer an open spot free or at cut rates to advertisers who have been short-changed in rating points. The industry calls them ‘make-goods’ after the print-media term for rerunning advertisements that were botched in the first printing.

1994 Mediaweek 5 Sept. 6/2 [The] baseball strike has battered national and regional cable networks and local TV stations with sharply reduced ratings and the prospect of costly makegoods to advertisers.

† make-law adj. Obsolete rare law-giving.

ΚΠ

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 66 First to Ceres makelaw [L. legiferae], too Phœbus, then to Lyœus.

make-shame adj.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkʃeɪm/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌʃeɪm/

rare causing shame.

ΚΠ

1850 S. G. Osborne Gleanings 78 This make-shift, make-shame system.

† make-wages n. Obsolete rare a component of a farm-worker's wages customarily paid out of the local rate.

ΚΠ

1884 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 463 There had grown up the practice of paying out of the rates a part of the wages of each farm-servant—‘make-wages’, as the sum was called.

make-way n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkweɪ/

U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌweɪ/

rare an event which leads up to or facilitates another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun]

causec1315

occasiona1387

mover?a1450

theme1594

inducement1605

quality1609

rise1641

eductor1794

make-way1894

1894 M. Creighton Hist. Papacy (1897) V. v. xv. 151 The intrigues of Cardinal Rovere..led to the election of Pius III as a make-way to his own election.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	make-
释义	make-comb. form Stress is often attracted to this combining form. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: make v.¹ Etymology: < make v.¹ 1. Forming compounds (chiefly ad hoc formations) with nouns, with the sense ‘a person who or thing which makes, makes for, or serves for ——’.Productive mainly in 16th and 17th centuries, in many cases forming compounds paralleled by verbal phrases with make v.¹; new formations in this sense are now rare. See also main entries for more established compounds. † make-debate n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who sower1380 firebranda1382 barratorc1430 makebate1529 bate-makera1564 mischief-master1567 boutefeu?1584 make-debate1588 breed-bate1593 kindle-fire1595 brew-bate1602 brand1608 fling-brand1616 make-strife1617 mischief-monger1620 blow-coal1622 kindle-coal1630 fire spirit1647 mischief-maker1675 mischief-doer1822 mixer1938 1588 J. Hall Deposition 20 Aug. in Rec. Ely Consistory Court EDR K17/95 Accompted a carritale or make debate. 1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends lv. 68 The busy Whisperings of officious Make-debates. † make-faith n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 401 Thousands of sober, and in their way pious, Christians, will echo the words,..and adopt the doctrine for their Make-faith. † make-fire n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of make-fire1560 firer1576 incendiary1606 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 firebug1869 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary make-fire1560 burn-grange1568 firer1576 incendiary1606 cendiary1624 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 firesetter1831 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 petroleuse1871 petroleur1875 petrolist1890 torch1938 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxviij^v The seuerall confession of euery one of these make fyers [L. incendiarii]. † make-fray n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > cause of quarrel > one who causes quarrels stickler1579 broil-maker1592 make-fray1598 broiler1657 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 31 If brabling Make-fray at ech Fayre and Sise, Picks quarrels for to shew his valiantise. † make-king n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > behind the scenes > king- or queen-maker kingmaker1595 whip-king1610 make-king1612 make-queen1655 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxvii. 53/1 That stout make-king, Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 705 Warwicke (the Mars and Make-King of England). † make-mirth n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxiii. 258 Court-Officers, Princes favorits, make-mirths, flatterers, and even Pandors. make-news n. Brit. /ˈmeɪknjuːz/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌn(j)uz/ ΚΠ 1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise ii. ix. 120 A setup where community has become so fragmented that a communal religion is a fiction, sustained only by talk and make-news items in the press and on television. † make-pleas n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2 Doe, kick thou hugely hornd olde Dukes Oxe, good Maister Make-pleece. † make-play n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 Our Poets and Writers about London whom, thou hast called piperly Make-playes & Make-bates. † make-queen n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > behind the scenes > king- or queen-maker kingmaker1595 whip-king1610 make-king1612 make-queen1655 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 131 in Church-hist. Brit. As Nevill, Earle of Warwick was the Make-King: so this Dudley Earle of Warwick..was the Make-Queen. make-rhyme n. Brit. /ˈmeɪkrʌɪm/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌraɪm/ ΚΠ 1893 Athenæum 14 Oct. 516/2 The sorry make-rhymes ‘I wis’, ‘I trow’, ‘I weet’, make their appearance now and again. † make-strife n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who sower1380 firebranda1382 barratorc1430 makebate1529 bate-makera1564 mischief-master1567 boutefeu?1584 make-debate1588 breed-bate1593 kindle-fire1595 brew-bate1602 brand1608 fling-brand1616 make-strife1617 mischief-monger1620 blow-coal1622 kindle-coal1630 fire spirit1647 mischief-maker1675 mischief-doer1822 mixer1938 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas (at cited word) A Make-bate, make-strife, or contentious person. make-talk n. Brit. /ˈmeɪktɔːk/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌtɔk/ , /ˈmeɪkˌtɑk/ ΚΠ 1856 J. Allen On Everyday Wk. Ladies in Lect. Ladies on Pract. Subj. 211 A sort of complimentary observation, mere words of course, an unreal piece of make-talk. 2. † make-braser n. [compare brace v.²] Obsolete rare (perhaps) a person who domineers or blusters. ΚΠ ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Surmowsers yll thynkers and make brasers. make-before-break adj. Brit. /ˌmeɪkbᵻfɔːˈbreɪk/ , U.S. /ˌmeɪkbəˌfɔrˈbreɪk/ , /ˌmeɪkbiˌfɔrˈbreɪk/ designating an electrical contact or connection involving two circuits in such a manner that one is established before the other is broken. ΚΠ 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 522/2 Make-before-break contact, the group of contacts in a relay assembly so arranged that the one which moves makes contact with a front contact before it separates from a back contact. 1956 G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines ix. 181 Changeover contacts can also be arranged differently, as make-before-break contacts. 1993 EMC Test & Design Jan. 16/1 The CRO-BAR is designed as a make before break interconnect. make-break n. Brit. /ˈmeɪkbreɪk/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌbreɪk/ the making and breaking of an electrical contact (usually attributive). ΚΠ 1944 Electronics Nov. 127/3 Frequency shift can result in a much lower bandwidth than carrier make-break. 1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects xi. 485 The make-break cycles of appliances..can wreak havoc with radio reception. † make-falcon n. Obsolete rare = make-hawk n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of villain1481 Lentiner1575 make-falcon1575 make-hawk1575 bockerel1653 waskite1655 hack hawk1686 bawrel1706 buzzardet1785 nankeen hawk1827 buteo1848 rook hawk1855 kite-eagle1883 star buzzard1884 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 160 By..calling of them to the lewre with other make Falcons, that is to say, a cast at once, to the end they may accustom and aquaint themselues one with another. † make-God adj. Obsolete rare (derogatory) designating a Roman Catholic priest (see quot. 1705). ΚΠ 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 10 Not only the Make-God-Pope, but the Make-God-Priest. make-good n. Brit. /ˈmeɪkɡʊd/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌɡʊd/ Advertising a repeat advertisement given free or at cut rates to an advertiser to compensate for an error in the original text of a newspaper, etc., or to enlarge the audience of the advertisement when a television programme or film fails to achieve its projected viewing figures. ΚΠ 1949 H. P. Bridge Pract. Advertising xv. 362 Advertisers..should not insist on a ‘make-good’ unless careful investigation proves that it is entirely justified. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 17/2 Usually the specials or movies become premium advertising vehicles, and the networks can offer an open spot free or at cut rates to advertisers who have been short-changed in rating points. The industry calls them ‘make-goods’ after the print-media term for rerunning advertisements that were botched in the first printing. 1994 Mediaweek 5 Sept. 6/2 [The] baseball strike has battered national and regional cable networks and local TV stations with sharply reduced ratings and the prospect of costly makegoods to advertisers. † make-law adj. Obsolete rare law-giving. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 66 First to Ceres makelaw [L. legiferae], too Phœbus, then to Lyœus. make-shame adj. Brit. /ˈmeɪkʃeɪm/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌʃeɪm/ rare causing shame. ΚΠ 1850 S. G. Osborne Gleanings 78 This make-shift, make-shame system. † make-wages n. Obsolete rare a component of a farm-worker's wages customarily paid out of the local rate. ΚΠ 1884 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 463 There had grown up the practice of paying out of the rates a part of the wages of each farm-servant—‘make-wages’, as the sum was called. make-way n. Brit. /ˈmeɪkweɪ/ , U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌweɪ/ rare an event which leads up to or facilitates another. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] causec1315 occasiona1387 mover?a1450 theme1594 inducement1605 quality1609 rise1641 eductor1794 make-way1894 1894 M. Creighton Hist. Papacy (1897) V. v. xv. 151 The intrigues of Cardinal Rovere..led to the election of Pius III as a make-way to his own election. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form?1518
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