| 单词 | to make out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make out to make out I. To move from its present state; to draft or represent. a. To build up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Josh. xxii. 26 Make we out [L. extruamus] to vs an auter. b. To take or carry out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > carry > in or out to make outc1475 incarry1646–7 c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 71 Noe yoman of this office..to bere or make oute of this office any breade but by knowledge of the brevour. c. To send out. Cf. sense 41. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] steerc888 righteOE wisec1330 guy1362 makea1425 guide?a1505 to make forth1508 direct1526 to make out1560 bend1582 incline1597 work1667 usher1668 head1826 humour1847 vector1966 target1974 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cix He fel in to the lappes of our horsemen, which were made out [L. fuerant emissi] to kepe hym from the spoyle. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 142 The Londoners hearing of their doings, made out a certaine number of men of armes, who..put the Danes from that Tower. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 343 He..made out certaine pinnaces..for to observe what..landing places there were. 1611 Bible (King James) Job i. 17 The Caldeans made out three bands, and fell vpon the camels, and haue caried them away. View more context for this quotation d. To throw out (a card) from one's hand; = to lay out 11 at lay v.1 Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) viii. 76 He that deals makes out the best Cards he can for his Crib, and the other the worst. 2. transitive. To draw up (a list, a document, etc.); to make a draft of; to write out (a bill, cheque, etc.) (to or in favour of or in the name of a recipient). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draw up document writeOE makec1300 drawc1390 to make upa1425 to make out1465 prepare1562 to draw up1623 scriven1742 to draw out1773 redact1837 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 314 They haue mad out bothe warantes and supersedias. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 42/1 That every of the seid Writtes be made oute xx daies or more afore the seid day of apparaunce. 1743 B. Franklin Proposal Promoting Useful Knowl. in Papers (1960) II. 383 That the Business and Duty of the Secretary be..to enter Copies thereof in the Society's Books, and make out Copies for distant Members. 1770 P. Burton Pract. Office of Pleas in Court of Exchequer 18 The Inquiry is made out by the Clerk in Court, who pays only Two Shillings to the Master for signing, &c. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §278 I was myself forming and making out the necessary designs for..the balcony. 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband I. 125 His Lordship..inquired whether he had paid the bill. ‘It is being made out, I am informed, Sir.’ 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 557 The Duke had obliged the Duchess to receive Lady Denham as one of her ladies of the bedchamber; but just before her appointment was made out, she died. 1883 Ld. Blackburn in Law Times Rep. (1884) 49 687/1 The bills of lading also were made out in the name of D. and Co., deliverable to their order. 1893 Law Times 95 34/2 The accounts generally took some three or four weeks to make out. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xviii. 203 Making out bills or writing letters at a stand-up desk in the shop. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxiv. 101 He made out a list of books which Philip was to read. 1969 Guardian 11 Aug. 5/5 You reach for your pen and ask, ‘who should I make it out to?’ 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 50/3 Paychecks made out in the name of Haitians who are dead. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > form the figure of to make out1646 society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > in detail to make out1646 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [verb (transitive)] > represent pictorially > in careful detail to make out1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 170 Hippopotamus..so little resembleth an horse, that..in all, except the feet, it better makes out a swine. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 127 God..would make out himself in an image in this Creation. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 50 Hercules is not onely known by his foot. Other parts make out their comproportions, and inferences upon whole or parts. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 117 It may be objected, That a wheel of manifold rims whirl'd upon its axletree, would make out uneven bows of circles. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 179 All the parts of objects exposed to the light..appear more made out and determined than the parts in shadow. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 534/1 Its dumb show is very eloquent and impressive; its story is fully made out to the eye. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 199 The foliage of the ash-trees in the foreground is not at all made out, but is washed in..with hardly any details. 1875 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art (ed. 2) 194 Proceed to make out the two distant hills by putting in quick triangular..touches. II. To make complete; to compensate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > amount to a quantity or amount [verb (transitive)] waxc1330 amountc1350 amount1399 to make up1504 to run to ——1528 to make out1535 sum1609 amound1642 tella1794 size1917 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. i. 2 The fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte. 1571–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 112 The sowme of fyve hundrith and fifty merkis, with the thrid of the provestrie of Methven, makand out in the haill Vm merkis. 1748 G. G. Beekman Let. 5 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 57 You have Received on board of Your Sloop on My account 200 bushels Salt, water Measaure Which Will Make Out about 220 Bushels Land Measure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up to make up one's mouthc1175 fulfila1225 through-fill?c1225 upspeed1338 supplya1398 araisea1440 to make outa1562 accomplish1577 complement1643 implement1843 a1562 in F. R. Raines Hist. Chantries Lancaster (1862) I. 30 Hys Chappell which he began of free stone Syr John Stanley made it out when he was gone. 1750 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) II. 246 I am afraid we shall want matter of Molly Leaper's works to make out the bulk of the new volume. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly 51 They must..make out a scanty subsistence with the labour of their hands! 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) He promised to pay, but was not able to make out the money or the whole sum. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xviii. 285 He by little and little made out this elegant and beautiful property. 1879 M. Pattison Milton xii. 162 Adding to them, with a view to make out a volume, his college exercises. a. transitive. To compensate (a lack, defect, disadvantage); to supply (what is wanting); to supply the deficiencies of, to eke out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1610 Brechin Test. III. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 47 v Sua mekill..as will mak out with hir awin part..the sovme off tua thousand markis. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xx. sig. E4 Such men are of no merit at all: but make out in pride what they want in worth. 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (1896) i. 19 Our wills must be our performances, and our intents make out our Actions. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 196 Neither can his Spirituall defects..be made out..by another mans abilities. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. i. 39 Make out the rest,—I am disorder'd so I know not farther what to say or do:—But answer me to what you think I meant. 1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus Seven New Colloquies v. 42 And if such a Disaster happen'd to him, he did not fail to make it out one way or other at Home. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 847 When the Lyon's Skin alone would not serve turn, he knew how to make it out with that of the Fox. 1709–10 R. Steele Tatler No. 128. ⁋5 What I want in Length, I make out in Breadth. 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband III. 104 [She] only lamented she had not something better to offer them, but promised to make it out at dinner. b. intransitive. To make up, compensate for. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1850 L. Hunt in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 570/2 Conscious of not having all the strength he wished, he endeavoured to make out for it by violence and pretension. 1891 Leeds Mercury 3 Oct. 3/7 [They] are becoming listless and indifferent, supposing that someone will make out for them. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > make points > make score to win to make out1680 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics to hold up?1499 decardc1555 to turn up1580 discard1591 pulla1625 to sit out1659 face1674 to make out1680 to lay out1687 to throw away1707 lead1739 weaken1742 carry1744 to take in1744 force1746 to show down1768 throw1866 blank1884 block1884 cover1885 unblock1885 pitch1890 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 89 And if one and thirty be not made, then he that play'd last and is nearest one and thirty without making out, must set up one. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > in some activity to make out1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. vi. 393 To make the most of the precious moments; and..to make out the time agreeably. 1813 J. Austen Let. 26 Oct. (1995) 245 We were obliged to saunter about anywhere..to make out the Time. 1849 A. Smith Pottleton Legacy (repr.) 76 To doze, or otherwise make out the time, until the first train went back. III. To succeed, establish, or prove. 9. a. transitive. To succeed in accomplishing; to effect, achieve. Now regional exc. colloquial in to make it out: to make shift, get along. See also senses 9b – 9d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose reacheOE awinc1000 attain1393 speedc1400 comprehenda1450 escheve1489 to make out1535 consecute1536 compass1549 achievea1569 aspire1581 obtain1589 subdue1590 to go a long (also great, short, etc.) way1624 arrivea1657 kill1899 nail1981 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxxviii. 28 He hath set his minde there vpon, that he wyll make out his worke. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 64 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Now she is at a cold scent. Make out your doubles Mistress. O well hunted, That's she. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 19 To implore the Gods that he might never enter that City, which they foresaw he would act the Fury in, and fill it with Blood and Slaughter, which he effectually made out. 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. ii. xi. 65 People there [i.e. in a populous city] seldom make out the usual time of life. 1797 A. Barnard Let. 10 Aug. in S. Afr. a Cent. Ago (1901) iii. 73 We wish to have no quarrels and no miffs. They had wished to miff with us, but we are so civil,..they cannot make it out. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxiv. 272 I shall make out my visit to you yet. 1827 Examiner 246/1 Harley, as too frequently happens to this mercurial comedian, has to make out his own part of a roguish innkeeper as well as he is able. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 270 Byron, born rich and noble, made out even less than Burns, poor and plebeian. 1861 W. Collins Tom Tiddler's Ground iv, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 22/1 They were artisans and farm-labourers who couldn't make it out in the old country. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xiii. 158 If you'll let us make it out here till the 10th of July we'll go into an hotel then. b. transitive. With infinitive as object. To manage, make shift. Also (occasionally) with impersonal subject, as the weather. Now chiefly U.S. regional. ΚΠ 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. ii, in Wks. I. 588 It is the price and estimation of your vertue onely, that hath embarqu'd me to this aduenture, and I could not but make out to tell you so. View more context for this quotation 1748 G. G. Beekman Let. 23 Sept. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 63 Wee have at Last with a good Deal of fateauge and Troble Make out to Collect So much flour to gether as to Dispatch Your Sloop tho at an Extravigant Price. 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 231 Amidst these interruptions, how shall I make out to write a letter? 1805 P. Gass Jrnl. 27 May (1807) 92 We..made out to get enough of drift wood to cook with. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. ii. ii. 79 She made out to accomplish her voyage in a very few months, and came to anchor at the mouth of the Hudson. 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. iv. 53 I think a body might have a chance to make out to scratch along to live here. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It iv. 43 He sliced off a piece of bacon for each man, but only the experienced old hands made out to eat it, for it was condemned army bacon. 1876 E. W. Heap Diary 2 Jan. in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. (1969) lii. 53 It just made out to freeze a little last night. 1894 Outing 24 253/2 I have made out to sleep with tolerable comfort in a cave. 1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 18/4 Seems like with a little gumption I could have made out to go too. c. intransitive. colloquial. To make shift, get along; to succeed, thrive; to get on (well, badly, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > proceed or carry on an action [verb (intransitive)] > get on well or badly farec1000 speeda1122 wendc1325 hapc1350 wieldc1384 frame1509 shift?1533 to make out1776 to get on1861 1776 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 180 I would not have you anxious about me. I make out better than I did. 1820 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 30 I wish you would..let me know..how you and Murray make out together. 1851 N. Hawthorne in N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 396 To whom is Dora married, and how is she making out? 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. ii. 27 I am rather bare here, but I hope you'll be able to make out tolerably well till Monday. 1891 Harper's Mag. Mar. 574/1 ‘I don't believe you will be satisfied in heaven; you will find it too monotonous’. ‘Oh, I shall make out, I'm sure’. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 7 I took a fancy to seein' how the engines made out under war conditions. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water x. 170 ‘How did you make out?’ ‘Oke. I'm in the Château.’ 1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage vii. 99 Oh, say, how'd you make out with Hazel? 1942 J. Dill in W. S. Churchill Second World War (1951) IV. ii. xxv. 397 Leaving us with limited American assistance to make out as best we can against Germany. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ii. 37 We made out all right, with a hare paté, onion soup, a rare sirloin steak.., a slice of Port Salut, [etc.]. 1965 Listener 16 Sept. 433/3 Sibelius might not have made out very well as an opera composer had he chosen to do so. 1989 Messenger Feb. 8/2 They lived on various allowances..and have income support. ‘We make out,’ he says. d. intransitive. slang (originally U.S.). spec. To succeed in seducing, gain sexual satisfaction, have sexual intercourse (with).This expression seems to be have arisen as a specialization of sense 9c; cf. quot. 1939 for 9c there. There is some overlap with sense 9e (which is now the commoner meaning), and in some sources it is difficult to tell which sense is intended. For a discussion of this and related usages see A. F. Moe in Amer. Speech (1966) 41 96–107. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse playOE to do (also work) one's kindc1225 bedc1315 couple1362 gendera1382 to go togetherc1390 to come togethera1398 meddlea1398 felterc1400 companya1425 swivec1440 japea1450 mellc1450 to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474 engender1483 fuck?a1513 conversec1540 jostlec1540 confederate1557 coeate1576 jumble1582 mate1589 do1594 conjoin1597 grind1598 consortc1600 pair1603 to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608 commix1610 cock1611 nibble1611 wap1611 bolstera1616 incorporate1622 truck1622 subagitate1623 occupya1626 minglec1630 copulate1632 fere1632 rut1637 joust1639 fanfreluche1653 carnalize1703 screw1725 pump1730 correspond1756 shag1770 hump1785 conjugate1790 diddle1879 to get some1889 fuckeec1890 jig-a-jig1896 perform1902 rabbit1919 jazz1920 sex1921 root1922 yentz1923 to make love1927 rock1931 mollock1932 to make (beautiful) music (together)1936 sleep1936 bang1937 lumber1938 to hop into bed (with)1951 to make out1951 ball1955 score1960 trick1965 to have it away1966 to roll in the hay1966 to get down1967 poontang1968 pork1968 shtup1969 shack1976 bonk1984 boink1985 1951 W. Williams Enemy 8 ‘You got to have a wife here like the exec to have anything in this port.’ ‘Can't you guys make out here?’.. ‘Not here.’ 1953 W. Eyster Far from Customary Skies 217 What was there for a guy to do now? Go to dances. Try to make out. 1961 Times 27 Apr. 17/2 The detailed accounts of how he ‘made out’ sexually and emotionally with some sixteen different girls. 1991 Time Out 20 Nov. 22/3 The sorry pair's conversation is interrupted by a dairymaid and her paramour bursting in with the intention of making out on the blue pool table. e. intransitive. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). To engage in sexual activity (with another person) which stops short of intercourse, esp. kissing and caressing. Cf. make-out artist n. at make-out adj., making-out n. at making n.1 Compounds 2a(b). ΚΠ 1953 L. M. Uris Battle Cry 203 I tried making out with her but she cut me down. 1966 Jubilee Nov. 17/2 I know many fellow students who think of nothing but sex. Many don't think anything bad of ‘making out’ or even ‘going all the way’. 1999 N.Y. Mag. 8 Nov. 36/3 Don't underestimate the aphrodisiac quality of beautiful, fit young men dancing, flirting, and making out, none of whom have any interest in sleeping with the women present. 10. transitive. To discern or discover visually or aurally; to succeed in distinguishing by sight or hearing (or occasionally smell). Also with clause as object, or with object and complement, or (less commonly) object and infinitive. Cf. sense 32. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of underyetec1000 aspya1250 kenc1275 ofyetec1275 choosea1300 akenc1300 descrivec1300 ofkenc1300 readc1300 espyc1320 descryc1330 spyc1380 discernc1405 discover1553 scan1558 scry1558 decern1559 describe1574 to make out1575 escry1581 interview1587 display1590 to set sight of (in)c1595 sight1602 discreevec1650 glance1656 to catch a glimpse of1679 steal1731 oversee1735 glimpse1779 twig1796 to clap eyes on1838 spot1848 sky1900 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xl. 120 In the sandhils and drye places, a hounde can not make it out so well, by reason of the dust and sande which will strike vp into his nose. 1637 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 75/1 The Dunkirkers, so soon as they made out what I was, took in their flag. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xliii. 273 I always think, when I see those badgerly virgins fond of a parrot,..or a lap-dog, that their imagination makes out husband and children in the animals. 1805 E. Berry Let. 13 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 117 (note) The ship that bore down to us I soon made out to be a Three-decker. 1841 E. A. Poe Murders in Rue Morgue in Graham's Mag. Apr. 170/2 The gruff voice was that of a Frenchman. Could make out several words, but cannot now remember all. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 200 At last he thought that he could make out a human figure lying at the bottom [of the pit]. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxx. 406 Minute dots that you can make out to be sheep. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxi. 325 By the aid of a glass I was able to make out their lines and camp. 1924 C. E. Mulford Rustlers' Valley vi. 68 He thought he could make out an oval face drawing back from the dotted Swiss. 1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream i. 1 He reached for his glasses and held his watch up towards the dim curtain-edge and made out that it was four fifteen. 1976 A. Brink Instant in Wind (1979) 113 Here and there, through the sooty crust, one can make out patches of colour. 11. transitive. To find out the meaning of; to discover the drift of; to arrive at an understanding of; to interpret for oneself; to decipher, succeed in reading; †to understand or take (a writer) in a particular way (obsolete); to understand the character or behaviour of (a person). Also (with clause as object, or with object and infinitive): to discover, find out. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of conceive1340 grope1390 tellc1390 catchc1475 reacha1500 make1531 to make sense of1574 to make outa1625 apprehend1631 realize1742 finda1834 reify1854 recognize1879 to get (something) straight1920 to pick up1946 to work out1953 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (transitive)] > ascribe meaning to sense1564 to make outa1625 to make sense of1912 society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > to decipher or interpret, read areadc885 unspell1665 reada1681 decipher1709 to make out1715 render1864 a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iv. iii. 17/1 in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ccc Untill to morrow this time: we to our way, To make this doubt out, and you to your way. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 277 By this Chronology are many Greeke authors to be understood; and thus is Martinus Crusius to be made out, when [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A3 We..who have scarce time before us to comprehend new things, or make out learned Novelties. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 141 To suppose Him to have made such things for a particular end, which we cannot make out to be in any considerable measure worthy of his wisdom. 1715 H. Felton Diss. reading Classics (ed. 2) 172 Your Antiquaries make out the most ancient Medals from a Letter, and some Pieces of Letters,..with great Difficulty to be discerned upon the Face and Reverse. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 229 He could only stammer out a few broken, half-form'd, faultering accents, which my ears..spelt, and put together so as to make out their sense. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 80 I would not lose the rest of it [sc. a letter] for a guinea. Here, mother, do you make it out. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xvii. 74 His shouts (which from what I can make out from the Girl's imitations of them much resembled the war-hoops of the Indians). 1841 E. A. Poe Descent into Maelstrom in Graham's Mag. May 238/2 At first I could not make out what he meant—but soon a hideous thought flashed upon me. 1863 W. Bagehot Biogr. Stud. 208 To those who had an opportunity of accurately observing Sir George Lewis there was no difficulty in making him out. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 185 I made out, as I thought, that he was a stranger with whom you were talking. 1883 Sir N. Lindley in Law Times Rep. (1884) 49 727/1 They are clearly inviting the public to come and buy, both wholesale and retail, as far as I can make out. 1934 G. B. Shaw Village Wooing 113 I cant make you out at all. I am rather good at making out people as a rule; but I cant make head or tail of you. 1959 Tararua (N.Z.) 13 45 One curious term is scrub bush. So far as I can make out it is applicable to the individual plants which go to make up tall scrub. 1974 E. Figes Days i. 15 A man's voice trying to get through, only I could not make out what he was trying to tell me. 1987 R. P. Jhabvala Three Continents ii. 189 She even made out that he was coming to see her and not me. 12. transitive. To establish by evidence, argument, or investigation; to demonstrate, prove. Now frequently colloquial in phrases such as: how do you make that out?: ‘by what process do you arrive at that conclusion?’ Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > be proof of provea1200 showa1325 declarec1400 verifyc1430 givec1449 persuadea1525 arguea1538 demonstrate1572 argue1585 put1596 evidence1611 evident1643 to make out1795 1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen 81 In the 8. book, besides innumerable falsityes.., that is a most signal one, which in the first chapter labours to build up, of the eternity of motion: that thereby he may make out the ingeniture, and eternity of the world. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. ii. iii. 197 They are..at a loss..to make out whence they learn't that God is powerful. a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 4 If it could be made out, that such who have easie Nativities have commonly hard Deaths. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. i. 44 He, that would not deceive himself, ought to build his Hypothesis on matter of fact, and make it out by sensible experience. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §128. 149 It has been..clearly made out, that a Man Born Blind wou'd not, at first reception of his Sight, think the things he saw were [etc.]. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. vi. 174 That in truth it was so, is made out by a variety of examples which the writings of Josephus furnish. 1803 Pic Nic No. 4. 5 How do these gentlemen make out their case? 1822 C. P. Clinch Spy i. iii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 67 Sand: I've no doubt we'll make more money by keeping ‘hands off’ than by laying them on him. Raw: How the devil will you make that out? Sand: By making out that a live man is better than a dead one. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 391 Shakespeare has made out a strong case for Shylock. 1887 ‘L. Carroll’ Game of Logic iv. 93 ‘That lets me into a little fact about you, you know!’ ‘Why, how do you make that out? You never heard me play the organ?’ 1892 Sat. Rev. 8 Oct. 419/2 It would be easy to make out a strong case for the contention. 1920 T. P. Nunn Education xi. 131 A thorough-going misogynist could make out a case for applying the adjectives ‘mechanical’, ‘blind’, ‘unintelligent’, even to human mother-instinct. 1976 Times 21 May 4/4 The Government is satisfied that that special case has not been made out. 1991 R. Harrison Patently Murder (BNC) 18 ‘However, in my opinion the body had lain for some hours after death in a supine position.’ ‘On its back? How do you make that out, sir?’ 13. transitive. To claim to have proved, or to try to prove (something to be true); to make to appear, to represent, pretend. With clause as object, or with object and complement, or object and infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 pretend1402 presumea1470 profess1530 vendicate1557 pretence1567 intend1570 to show for ——1573 affect1606 to make out1659 purport1679 proport1884 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 43 There is a Petition in some person's hands touching this business. They make it out that their right was in the time of Henry VI. 1699 R. Cocks Diary 26 Dec. in D. W. Hayton Parl. Diary (1996) 40 I really thought they would have made it out that this grant was the occasion of the French persecution. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 206 His..hale, ruddy, wholesome country look, made him out as pretty a piece of woman's meat as you should see. 1832 Examiner 17/2 What, Sir, would you make me out a Radical? 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne III. iii. xiii. 151 It seems they want to make out now that Dick never murdered Hallijohn. 1872 S. Butler Erewhon viii. 68 I certainly did not make myself out to be any better than I was. 1891 Spectator 30 May Mr. Hutton was certainly careless as to figures, though not so careless as Dr. Abbott makes out. 1902 A. E. W. Mason Four Feathers xiv. 133 ‘I was not thinking of that’, Ethne exclaimed, ‘when I asked why we must wait. That makes me out most selfish.’ 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vii. 65 Just because daughter's a swell looker don't make father out an innocent. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. i. 33 Come on, Zora, le's go inside and make out we dancin'. 1969 W. Gass Pedersen Kid i. iii. 25 I'd grinned but he hadn't seen me, or else he made out he hadn't. 1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities iv. 149 He was not the troublemaker that the press and gossip made him out to be. IV. To set out or extend. 14. intransitive. To start, set out, or sally forth; to get away, to escape. Formerly also: †to prepare to set out (obsolete). Now regional. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] atfareOE atcomec1220 atstertc1220 atrouta1250 ascape1250 astart1250 atblenchc1275 scapec1275 aschapec1300 fleec1300 ofscapea1325 escapec1330 overfleea1382 to get awaya1400 slipa1400 starta1400 skiftc1440 eschewc1450 withstartec1460 rida1470 chape1489 to flee (one's) touch?1515 evadea1522 betwynde?1534 to make out1558 outscape1562 outslip1600 to come off1630 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid (1573) iv. sig. L.ijv Set sailes aloft, make out with ores, in ships, in boates, in frames. 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 692 Making out from this danger, we sownded one while seuen fathome, then fiue fathome, then [etc.]... At last we recouered..in some despaire, to sea roome enough. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 57 Seauen of my people with an obedient start, make out for him. View more context for this quotation a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. ii. xviii. 240 The Lion made out for his prey. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Luke ii. 19 A gracious Soul no sooner hears where Christ is, but instantly makes out after him. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. ix. 153 Poor Abbott..rushes forth for the second time, and makes out as fast as he can for a third coffee-house. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xxii. 157 The ruder portion of the herd ‘made out’ that way. 1895 K. Mackay Yellow Wave 203 A dozen men..made out early in the morning to where the horses ‘ran’. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 55 They got into a rowboat at the slip and made out for the American's yacht. 1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 563 Make (right) out, to hurry, to escape.—Central and east. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend in a certain direction liec1000 shootc1000 drawc1180 stretcha1387 streek1388 bear1556 trend1598 tend1604 take1610 to make out1743 to put out1755 trench1768 make1787 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. 25 From the north end..the foot of the hill makes out to the river. 1835 J. N. Reynolds Voy. U.S. Frigate Potomac vi. 100 From the northeast point of this island, a low rocky reef ‘makes out’ about half a mile into the sea. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 198 At the N. W. end of San Nicolas heavy breakers make out 2½ miles. < as lemmas |
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