| 单词 | to make up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make up to make up I. To build up, complete, or compensate. 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. 22 Þis auter we han made opp [L.V. we bildiden; L. construximus]. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 7060 And he couthe thurgh his sleght, Do maken up a tour of height. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 63 He fonde eneas..all ocupyed for to make vp the cytee of cartage. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 39 (MED) Than comaunded Vortiger the werkemen to make vp the toure. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 275 Argus..made vp a mekyll ship. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > repair earthwork, etc. evena1382 to make up1468 1468 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 158 Mychell of Forest sall mak wp hys syd dyk fra his bern to the yet wythin viij dayis. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3994 He gert hym of his costage Mak vp Dunbar. 1576 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 385 By the default of the..Cytie in not meakinge up the..bancks. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie xix. 22 b That whiche was beaten downe..the assieged made vp againe. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 102 The worke..was begun to be made up agayn with breke. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 863 The Christians in the meane time made vp their breaches with earth, [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xiii. 5 Yee haue not gone vp into the gaps, neither made vp the hedge for the house of Israel. View more context for this quotation 1664 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 208 The deane of gild to cause make wp the mercat croce..according to the stanse and forme of the mercat croce of..Edinburgh. 3. a. transitive. To make good, to compensate for (something that is wanting); to supply (a deficiency). Frequently also to make up (lost) ground. See also sense 3e.to make up leeway: see leeway n. 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 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make up time or distance to make, fetch up, make up leeway1669 to save one's distance (also time)1790 to make up (lost) ground1890 1472 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 365 Master Godfrey hathe promysyd hym..xl s. be ȝere, and þan lakkythe but iiij nobyls of xx mark be ȝere, þe wyche they hope ȝe wylle make vpe. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Suppleo To make vp that whiche lacketh. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania i. 43 This he perform'd with such accurate Skill, that it made up whatsoever he wanted of Force. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 122 The Clergy..had neither learning nor vertue but made up all Defects by a slavish Obsequiousness. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶2 What they have lost in Height they make up in Breadth. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 What the conversation wanted in wit, we made up in laughter. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxvii. 25 [The Almighty] never forgets us; it's all made up to us one time or the other. 1837 Ord. & Reg. Harvard Univ. 10 Recitations omitted may be made up with the assent of the Instructer, at any time within the term, in which they occur. 1862 Temple Bar 6 397 Should the confessor order him to make up the injury done to the treasury? 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xlii He had large arrears of sleep to make up. 1890 Sat. Rev. 31 May 668/2 After getting a very indifferent start, she made up ground at the Bushes. 1890 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 10 May 279/2 The huntsman..is now rapidly making up lost ground. 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 26 Hansoms have the advantage of semi-privacy, and what their drivers lack in chic they make up in saltiness. 1990 Sports Illustr. 23 July 26/3 The preternaturally patient King, who trailed by 11 strokes earlier in the day, made up ground by avoiding mistakes. b. transitive. To supply the shortfall or deficiencies of; to complete (a given number, quantity, period, etc.); (formerly also in passive) †to be completed in form or growth, come to fruition, (occasionally) to come to the end of one's life (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up > by supplying what is wanting performa1382 supplyc1480 upmake1485 to make up1488 mend?a1505 to stop, to fill (in or up), to supply a gap?1523 to eke out1596 help out (also through)1600 size1608 echea1616 inch out1620 to eke up1633 supplete1664 lengthen1670 supplement1749 to husband out1762 sort1880 piecenc1900 1488 Cely Papers in Eng. Stud. (1961) 42 144 I delyuyrd Nycolas v li...to lay to the xxv li...to make vpe xxx li. ffor L.B. a1553 King Edward VI Jrnl. 10 Feb. 1552 in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 400 [He] departed with somwhat more crounes then came to fifty-three thousand five hundred and odde poundes, and had authorite to borow..10,00 pounds Flemish..to make up the pay. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 56v Now to know, what Author doth medle onelie with some one..member of eloquence, and who doth perfitelie make vp the whole bodie. 1574 R. Bristow Briefe Treat. Plaine Wayes f. 86 Catholics..who..were for that cause throwen out of their charges, cast into prisons, and there are now al almost made up by Martyrdome. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xiv. 87 Before the full and complete measure of things necessarie be made vp. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 123 Whatsoeuer to make vp the doctrine of mans saluation is added, as in supply of the scriptures vnsufficiencie, we reiect it. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xlii. 426 [He] passing that night in great distresse, the next day made vp his wicked and miserable end. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 21 Sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce halfe made vp. View more context for this quotation 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 145 For no youth can be comely, but by pardon, & considering the youth, as to make vp the comlinesse. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 137 Lastly, I will make up the Decade with a meaner person,..Elizabeth Folks. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xiii, in Poems 7 And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to th' Angelike symphony. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. E2 Not onely from being verst, but consummate, and made up in all sorts of learning. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 28 in Poems There are some places in him [i.e. Virgil], which I dare almost swear have been made up..by the putid officiousness of some Grammarians. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. iv, in Misc. III. 23 As Whisk and Swabbers was the Game then in the chief Vogue, they were oblig'd to look for a fourth Person, in order to make up their Parties. 1793 T. Hastings Regal Rambler 47 Paper is thrown in to make up the weight. 1860 J. Abbott Amer. Hist. I. vii. 211 When the Indians had these large amounts to pay, it sometimes required many months for them to make up the sum. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 189 When people are asked to make up a rubber. 1894 R. Bridges Feast of Bacchus i. 234 'Twill make our numbers up. 1956 G. E. Evans Ask Fellows who cut Hay xi. 90 One of the reasons why lads and boys were included in the contract is that they were taken on to make up the harvest—to bring the company up to the requisite strength. 1991 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Nov. e11/2 The programming philosophy..has always been..to play them frequently..and to make up the minimum requirement with ‘gold’ selections..and..specialty selections. c. transitive. To bring up to a given number, sum, etc. Formerly †with the numeral as a simple complement (obsolete); now with to. ΚΠ 1629 J. Cole Of Death 195 His deceased children were alive still in heaven; and the ten more given him here, made them up twenty. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 135 At first, I distributed Linnen sufficient to make every one of them four Shirts, and at the Spaniards request afterwards, made them up six. 1738 S. Johnson Let. (1992) I. 22 One 8vo pica..he is willing to do for twelve shillings a Sheet, to be made up a Guinea at the second impression. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 28 The Prince and his follower made the number up to eighteen. 1890 Illustr. London News 28 June 814/3 He makes up the income of his wife..to £2000 per annum. 1920 Act 10 Geo. V c. 48 §2 Such amount as may be required to make up the profit or loss to the amount of the standard. 1942 E. Bowen Bowen's Court ii. 38 His first object, when he arrived in Ireland, was to account for, and cause to be made up, an annual deficit of £20,000 in the revenue due from that country to the King. 1986 R. Carver Elephant (1988) 75 But that's all he paid her of the five hundred—fifty dollars or else seventy-five dollars, according to whose story you want to listen to. I had to make the rest up to her. d. intransitive. To compensate for, atone for. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make good or make up for compensate1660 to make up1711 indemn1906 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 33. ⁋1 Daphne..found her self obliged to acquire some Accomplishments to make up for the want of those Attractions. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) iii. ii. 70 You may renew hostilities and make up for lost time, as soon as you are out of the house. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista (1885) 274 If we have been wanting in due consideration for him, we now trust to make up for it. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 16 A lovely view made up to me for the sights and smells. 1879 E. Dowden Southey v. 132 Southey made up in weight for what was wanting in measure. 1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize I. xi. 191 She does not attempt to make up for lost ground. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 107 ‘I had meant to work to-morrow,’ said Elizabeth, ‘but I can do more the day after and make up for lost time.’ 1978 M. Sarton Reckoning (1984) xxi. 229 He was trying to make up somehow for the hell he had put her through. 1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir ii. 32 Sartre made up for his physical unattractiveness by the sheer force of his exuberant personality and charm. e. transitive. colloquial. to make it up to: to compensate or atone to (a person) for a loss or wrong suffered (esp. one of which the subject is the cause). Cf. sense 13b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] > make atonement to (a person) to make one's gree to or withc1290 answera1400 satisfy1437 content1548 to make it up to1860 1860 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 24 Mar. 503/1 I must make it up to you for having been afraid to speak out at a better time. 1879 H. James Confidence II. xx. 13 He had wronged her... As he could not make it up to her, the only reasonable thing was to keep out of her way. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. iii. 405 My own father died in Nebraska when Gunner was born..and I was sorry, but the baby made it up to me. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xii. 188 You're a good girl... Make it up to you some time. 1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair xi. 130 I persuaded myself that it was justified. Tomorrow I would make it up to him. 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 16 Rab: Jaffa cakes on a Wednesday, Mary..Pure decadence. Mary: I had to lash oot on them, din't I? to make it up to the wean! 4. transitive. To fill up (an opening or gap); to stop up (a hole or passage); to shut or fasten up (a door, a house). Now chiefly regional. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] beloukeOE tinea900 bitunc1000 forshutc1000 sparc1175 louka1225 bisteke?c1225 spear?c1225 closec1275 knita1398 fastena1400 upclosec1440 to shut up1526 reclude1550 upspeara1563 lucken1568 to make up1582 hatcha1586 belocka1616 1582 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 435 Nayles and woorkmanshippe to make uppe the hole in the walle. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 389 We must make vp our eares, 'gainst these assaults Of charming tongues. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 26 Some say that the old channell was quite made up. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 69 I made up the Entrance, which till now I had left open. 1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1893) 334 The house is made up for the night, barred and bolted. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Make up..(3) to repair, to close up. ‘You mun mak yon gap up’. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) ‘The silt soon maks up the pipes’. 1891 Law Times 90 395/1 The hind proceeded to make up the gap by placing wooden rails on the side next the glebe land. 5. transitive †To close up (a letter) (obsolete); to wrap up (an article); to put together into a parcel, package, or bundle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > by folding together to fold upc888 shut?a1366 to do to1562 to make up1629 to shut up1833 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel hamperc1400 packc1400 to pack up1530 mail1570 emball1588 fardel1594 packet1621 farla1640 to make up1709 embale1727 bale1762 parcel1775 empacket1825 make1849 package1917 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel > make a parcel to make up1823 1629 P. Massinger Roman Actor iv. i. sig. G3v I brib'd the boy that did conuey the letter, And hauing perus'd it, made it vp againe. 1709 Brit. Apollo 23–25 Nov. [Paper] to make up Soap in. 1823 Examiner 802/2 I was making up a parcel. 1832 Examiner 617/1 Mails will be made up at the Post-office for..Lisbon every Tuesday. 1859 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 20 i. 45 The hay is sometimes made up into bundles. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae x. 277 Making up his portmanteau for a voyage. 1894 Cassell's New Techn. Educator IV. 369/1 The reelings are then weighed and made up into bundles. 1988 R. Moss Challenge Bk. Brownie Stories (BNC) 56 The Pack spent a busy evening making up gift parcels to take round to the orphanage. II. To compose, assemble. 6. transitive. To compose, compile. a. To put together in due form; to compile, draw up (a list, document, etc.). 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 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 340 And day is set, the chartres up to make. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Make vp, scribo. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 89 He makes vp the File Of all the Gentry. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality i. 11 On Wednesday the general Accompt is made up, and Printed. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. xiii. 293 ‘You cannot think I mean to hurry you,’ said he in an under voice, perceiving the amazing trepidation with which she made up the note. View more context for this quotation 1885 Act 48 Vict. c. 16. §6 Every future valuation roll to be made up in any county. 1891 Sat. Rev. 8 Aug. 163/1 The averages of the season, made up to Saturday last. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Transfer The transfers are the official record from which the prize-list is made up. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) ii. v. 189 I had to make up the call-lists, so that the call-boy..could warn the actors when they were wanted on stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 1630 J. Ussher Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clix. 434 The History of Gotteschalcus,..which I am now a making up. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 222 Out of the History of Moses touching the Universal Flood, and the History of Deucalion, Ovid made up his first Book. 1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) II. 218/2 To mak up,..4. To compose; as, ‘The minister's thrang makin' up his sermon’. c. To concoct, invent, fabricate (a story, lie, fictional scene or character, etc.); to compose (verses, etc.) impromptu; to improvise. Also to make (something) up as one goes along: to extemporize, improvise (something), frequently with little or no prior knowledge of the subject in question. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] > turn into fiction to make upc1650 fictionize1831 fictionalize1925 fiction1961 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 202 Declairing [that] these wemen..war persuadit and intysit to mak wp this sclander. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. xi. 153 The Seamen..were curious to enquire into my Voyages and Course of Life. I made up a Story as short and probable as I could, but concealed the greatest part. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xiv. 275 Well, the story was not badly made up. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. iv. 77 ‘You will believe me?’ said Rachel. ‘You will not think that I am making up stories to deceive you?’ 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. iv. 54 The parts that were taken straight out of real life, are denounced as impossible and absurd, and the scenes that I made up out of my own silly head, are pronounced..‘true’. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. iv. 28 People began to make up a history of the Britons. 1891 Mrs. S. Edwards Secret of Princess II. i. 2 He sang his verses as he made them up. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 98 I made up a whole lot of new things to go into the story. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) i. 27 ‘He had delirium tremens once behind the scenes in Philadelphia, and stabbed a scene shifter with his stage dagger...’ ‘Now, Landry,’ protested Mrs. Cressler, ‘you're making it up as you go along.’ 1924 M. Baring C xiv. 167 People had made up the story and believed it because they wanted to. 1940 A. Tate Ess. Four Decades (1970) 141 I began to wonder if Mr. Ransom had made it up; then I began to hope that he had, so that the witnessed fact should stand as proof of an insight. 1968 Guardian 22 Sept. 8/4 The film was, we are told, scriptless; the actors made up the dialogue as they went along. 1977 L. Lowry Summer to Die x. 139 We sang ‘Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore,’ mostly off-key, and we made up verses for everybody. 1988 J. Allen Awaiting Developments (1989) xii. 137 Dad and Kathleen were talking about the Council, and Planning Permission, and various Laws of the Land which I think they were making up as they went along. 1991 New Scientist 27 Apr. 51/2 When children make up novel words it is called lexical innovation. 7. transitive. To set out the items of (an account) in order; to add up and balance (an account). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > add up and ascertain differences to make up1471 balance1588 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 570 I purpose to make vp my byllys cler, and send yow the copyse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 142 Yet I can make my Awdit vp, that all From me do backe receiue the Flowre of all. View more context for this quotation a1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) ii. 33 He was to make up his Accounts with his Lord. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 250 A Desk, at which sometimes Mr. Jonathan makes up his running Accounts to Mr. Longman. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 182 Who but an Atheist could think of leaving the World without having first made up his Account? View more context for this quotation 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 123 A farmer's accounts should be made up once a year. 1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn I. i. i. 27 Her husband..made up the tradesmen's books. 1892 J. Adam Commercial Corr. 22 It is customary for the banker to make up, or balance, the current account at the end of each half-year. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out viii. 113 At the open windows merchants could be seen making up the day's account. 1960 P. Larkin Sel. Lett. (1992) 322 I also enclose a cheque for £9, dated for 1st December as I have made up my accounts for November. 8. transitive. Said of component parts. a. Of quantities or individuals: to form (a certain sum or total; now chiefly, a certain fraction or percentage) either by themselves or with others. 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 1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 96 As mych lond more as shall makuppe the valor of xj marc̃ by yeer wt the seid londes in Watton. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 5. §12 As muche of the two partes residue, as shall accomplishe and make vp a full thirde parte. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 205 That you three fooles, lackt me foole, to make vp the messe. View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3 I haue nineteene mistresses alreadie, and I not much disdeigne that thou shold'st make vp the ful score. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. B3v Cash: which added Unto your former Banck, makes up in all..Twelve thousand and odd pounds. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. v §2 Reckoning three Generations to make up a century. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxvi. 321 These four [gentlemen], with Mrs. Sinclair, Miss Partington,..Mr. Lovelace, and myself, made up the company. 1860 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 21 ii. 450 The sums..do not quite make up 100. 1882 T. H. Pickering Monaco vi. 96 Three harvests of four different products make up a total, according to Monégasque arithmatic, of twelve crops. 1937 N. L. Bowen in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 233 1 Since the oxides listed..make up some 97 per cent of the composition of the average igneous rock the alkali-alumina silicate system..is here referred to as petrogeny's ‘residua system’. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vi. 127 Six Indian brothers made up two-thirds of the team. 1995 Mother & Baby June 22/1 Cells in the human body contain 46 chromosomes, making up 23 pairs. b. To form the components of (a whole); to constitute, compose; to contribute to the formation of; to go to form or produce. Frequently in passive to be made up (of certain components or parts). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of graitha1300 form1377 makea1393 compone1398 constitute1552 go1559 to make up1589 mould1602 compounda1616 integrate1638 elementate1660 compose1665 represent1776 comprise1794 account1893 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 58 The next measure is of two feete or of foure sillables, and then one word tetrasillable diuided in the middest makes vp the whole meeter. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 48 Olde..cakes of Roses, Are thinly strewed to make vp a show. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. iv. 26 The Sands are numbred, that makes vp my Life. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 2 Men and manners, which make vp a Librarie to themselues. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. ix. 127 This part, or animall of Plato, containeth not only sanguineous and reparable particles, but is made up of veynes, nerves, arteries. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 63 The River..is pleasant and large, and helps to make up a good haven. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 129 I have writ you a very loose sort of a Letter, all made up of digressions. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xvii Satyrus, that mixt kind of Animal..made up betwixt a Man and a Goat. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 152. ⁋3 These are the People who make up the Gross of the Soldiery. 1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §1. 1 An Audience almost wholly made up of young Persons. 1713 J. Addison Cato iv. iii. 48 He was all made up of Love and Charms. 1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. xxi. 316 Soul and body make up one man. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 131 The few members who made up what was contemptuously called the Rump of the House of Commons. 1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 81 Ramsgate..is made up of narrow, steep, confused streets. 1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. App. 756 The force was made up of men of all nations. 1889 K. S. Macquoid Roger Ferron I. 122 Life is made up of tiny trifles. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. i. 10 Her affection for him was prettier than most of the things that went to make up the doctor's life in Moonstone. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South ii. i. 127 All this went to make up an atmosphere wonderfully calculated to hurry sentimentality on to acromegalic development. 1960 B. Bettelheim Informed Heart (1986) iv. 174 The group, made up of Jewish political prisoners..managed to be assigned to the bricklayers' command. 1987 M. Warnock Memory v. 99 The series of experiences and attitudes and emotions which go to make up one person, is not a coherent and continuously conscious whole, but fragmentary. 9. transitive. To put together, construct, compound. a. To put together (a substance or material) into a particular form; to create, mould, or form (an arrangement, finished article, etc.) from a particular substance or material. Now chiefly confined to specialist contexts (see quots. and senses 9b – 9h). See also 5. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > devise, contrive, or make up, compose, or concoct craftOE befind1297 visec1325 contrive1377 temper1390 preparate?a1425 brew1530 to make up1530 forge1549 compact1576 mint1593 feign1690 to get up1828 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 632/1 Nowe that I have made up my cockes I wyll carye in as fast as I can. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45v When it [sc. grass] is dryed, we..make it vp in Cockes, and after that in Moowes, which must be sharpe and piked in the toppe. 1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 200 I would have all the richest Farmers..to take down the foresaid Rick, and to make it up again with a leere of thrashed Corn. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 85 They sweep a place very clean to sift the lime in, and when it is sifted they make it up in a heap. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 304 A Catapotium is a..Medicine that is..most commonly made up in Pills. 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 40 If proper care is taken in ‘making up’ the butter formed from cream slightly acescent. 1861 Temple Bar 3 254 The best coiffeurs..having a secret of making up a lady's head to last for three months. 1862 Temple Bar Sept. 250 Some curious tricks of the trade are practised in making up false hair. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 58/3 I know an artist who buys plain door molding from the carpenter, makes it up into frames himself, and simply rubs it down. 1971 Black Scholar Dec. 56/1 The first leaflet we put out, I wrote, the first demonstration, I made up the pamphlets. b. To get together, collect (a company, a sum of money); to furnish by contributions from different sources. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) > gather (an assembly) make?a1160 to make up1594 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. i. 44 Make vp no factious numbers. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 106 To imbezell the treasure of the State, and so make up Bankes for private uses. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 92 How will the Farmer be able to make up his Rent at Quarter Day? c1718 M. Prior Ladle 158 The miser must make up his plum. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xv. 280 Money was never scarcer, and she wanted to make up a Sum. View more context for this quotation 1808 Monthly Pantheon 1 71/1 Who take more pleasure in mediating in a quarrel, than in making up a purse for a boxing match. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 435/1 Nor was this an expensive company made up for the new house; for all, or nearly, all of the performers..had belonged to the old one. 1846 C. St. John Wild Sports Highlands 27 It requires quick shooting and good walking to make up a handsome bag. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 547 To contribute of their substance in order to make up a purse for Jeffreys. 1880 G. Smith Cowper ii. 22 His relations..combined to make up a little income for him. 1925 W. Cather Professor's House i. xv. 158 We could very nicely make up a little party at Lapérouse for him. 1986 S. Middleton After Dinner's Sleep vi. 66 Searching for coins, they made the sum up between them. c. To mix (dough); to form dough into (a loaf, biscuits, etc.). ΚΠ 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 43 Presently the bread was brought in two great wodden bouls, the quantity of a bushel sod breade made vp round, of the bignesse of a tenise ball. 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 3 A description of flour called ‘cowens,’ used by the bakers for making up their dough. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 199 Rachel now took down a snowy moulding-board, and..proceeded quietly to making up some biscuits. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 4/1 Fancy bread is for the future to be defined as that which is ‘made up into separate rolls, twists, or other shapes, each of which is less than one pound in weight’. d. To fit together the parts of (a garment, etc.); to fit together (pieces of material) to form a garment, etc.; to make (cloth) into clothing. Also intransitive: (of material) to admit of being used in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] shape?c1225 to make up1647 confection1839 build1840 tailor1856 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > make cloth or pieces of material into clothing to make up1647 1647 N. Hardy Justice Triumphing 25 Not so much as the garments of the new Dukes and Earles but are made up. 1672 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 295 For making up ye Sarcenet Curtain. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iii. 21 [A tailor says] If I can't make up all the work I cut out, I shan't want Journey-men to help me. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4577/4 A wrought Gown stitch'd upon East-India Dimety,..not..made up. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 184 A skeleton wire upon the head, such as we use to make up hats. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xi. 38 Like mercers had variety of stuff, For such whose turn it was to be made up. 1855 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 268 Took the black silk..to Catchpool..that it might be made up. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. ii. vii. 71 Her striped silk, turned, will make up as handsome as ever. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis (1890) vii. 135 Mother was making up some bandages for his hand. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxx. 301 They pay twenty-five times as much for making up the dress as the cloth cost at first. 1892 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 682/1 It is a modest, unobtrusive stone, and makes up so well with diamonds, that [etc.]. 1952 E. Templeton Island of Desire i. xi. 80 A mourning dress which she hurriedly made up from an old black frock of Mrs. Kalny's. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 20 Sept. 28 She was making up her own designs on the factory's machines. e. To compound or assemble (a substance, medicine, medical appliance, etc.) in accordance with instructions, esp. with a prescription; to fulfil (a prescription) in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > prepare by mixing mingOE meddlec1350 compoundc1384 temper1390 mix1482 comfit1483 confect1575 mingle1587 to make up1649 concoct1676 amalgamate1821 to rub in1844 1649 N. Culpepper (title) Physical Directory; a Translation of the Dispensatory..imposed upon all the Apothecaries of England to make up their Medicines by. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 18 Omlets, made up with Cream. 1719 Free-thinker No. 97. 2 I make up my own Medicines. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times II. 161 I told the scoundrel to make up a vomit, and he has made up a purge. 1824 Examiner 10/1 [She] is in the habit of making up medicines for the poor. 1829 Examiner 589/2 The prescription was made up by Mr. Snow's assistant. 1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) I. xi. 216 I'll give you a tonic. Make you up a bottle and send it to you. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. ii. 141 He brought a gross with him in the suitcase, specially made up for him outen asbestos. 1984 W. Gibson Neuromancer (1989) iv. xxii. 253 It's the meperidine. I had Ali make me up a custom batch. 1992 C. Thubron Turning back Sun xiii. 97 He made up a packet of bromide, but knew that it was little more than a placebo. f. To arrange (text) into columns, pages, etc., as in typesetting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > arrange into columns or pages to make up1755 page1890 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. ix. 205 Having made up the Head of the first page, we cut it off by a rule. 1869 Galaxy 8 268 On the night of the 17th of September, the first number of the ‘Times’ was ‘made up’, in open lofts, destitute alike of windows, gas, speaking-tubes, dumb-waiters, and general conveniences. 1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 421 The compositor was required to make up his page as soon as it was composed. 1942 H. L. Mencken Diary 9 Oct. (1989) 218 Very frequently after they have made up a page he has to pull it to pieces himself. 1992 PIC Aug. 62/3 I can make pages up, scan images in and all sorts of clever things. g. Formerly: †to lay and light (a fire) (obsolete). Subsequently: to add fuel to (a fire already burning) so as to keep it at a proper ‘height’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > add fuel to (a fire) beetc1275 timber1486 mend?a1505 stoke1735 to make up1781 bank1825 chunk1840 to stack up1892 1781 Let. 3 June in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 425 They..discovered a party of Cocknawaga's who made up the fire. 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 93 The usual hour of bringing candles, and making up the fire, was certainly past. 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer II. 168 The daughter of the poor man under whose roof she was made up a fire in the wretched room assigned to her. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vi. 104 She should take her time... But she would not make up her fire. View more context for this quotation 1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon viii. 220 We made up our fires, put the meat on the ‘moqueen’, or smoking stage, and turned..in. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xiv. 234 I made up the fire, which was still burning. 1889 M. Oliphant Poor Gentleman II. x. 172 ‘I might at least find a decent fire.’ ‘I'll make it up in a moment, Edward. A little wood will make it all right.’ 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage iv. 12 Mr. Carey was making up the fire when Philip came in, and he pointed out to his nephew that there were two pokers. 1986 J. Gloag Only Yesterday 100 Rupert had made up the fire but not turned on the lights. h. To put (coaches, etc.) together to form a train; (also) to put (a train) together. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [verb (transitive)] > connect carriages or driving wheels couple1841 to make up1864 1864 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 25 ii. 372 The waggons..were made up into trains. 1889 Scribner's Mag. May 581/2 The train once made ‘up’,..its progress..is comparatively simple. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 765/2 The cars of these trains are classified here and new trains made up. 1923 National Geographic Mag. Apr. 382/1 Two trains..and their cars made up into other trains may be seen in the foreground. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 246 Working in yard service involves making up other freight..and passenger trains. 1997 S. Bellow Let. 1 Sept. (2010) 536 ‘Marshalling yards’—the rail centers where freight trains are ‘made up’, organized for their runs. 10. To prepare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > other wear?c1225 wear?c1225 wear?a1366 hapc1390 to-ragc1430 to make up1593 puppet1635 to set out1688 undress1818 overclothe1819 toilet1842 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. G3 And doe you meane to make him vp in frize. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. K4v Wat Terrill, th'art ill suited, ill made vp, In Sable collours. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. vii. 27 in Wks. (1640) III The bravest, richest, and the properest man A Taylor could make up . View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman i. i. 33 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Ped. 'Morrow sister, Do I not come unseasonably? Al. Why good brother? Ped. Because you are not yet fully made up, Nor fit for visitation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (transitive)] > assume specific facial appearance or expression to make up1652 to gather up1712 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew iv. i. sig. I4 Leave your bawling... Make up your face quickly. Here comes one of the Servants, I suppose. 1781 F. Burney Jrnl. 14 Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 474 Was not that a speech to provoke Miss Grizzle herself? However, I only made up a saucy lip. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) To assume a particular form of features; as, to make up a face; whence, to make up a lip, is to pout. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. ix. 89 Smallbones made up a lachrymal face. c. transitive. Chiefly British. To bring (spirits) to a required degree of strength by adding water; to dilute. Also: to add liquid to (a mixture) so as to bring the volume to a specified amount. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [verb (transitive)] > lower strength to make up1725 reduce1725 1725 G. Smith Compl. Body Distilling 77 When you have made up your goods to the quantity and quality you intend. 1731 P. Shaw Three Ess. Artific. Philos. 89 To keep out of the Spirit the grosser Oil of the Faints; and instead of these, to make up, as they call it, to Proof, with pure distill'd or simple water. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Making-up When it is necessary to make up waters lower than proof, they are generally cloudy. 1836 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (ed. 2) 353 Brandy is, however, not generally made quite up to twenty-two degrees of strength. 1894 F. Davis Pract. Volumetric Anal. 6 If 40 parts of absolutely pure hydrate of sodium be dissolved in distilled water, making up the resulting solution to 1000 parts. 1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 295 Strain the celery, saving the liquid. Make up to ¾ pint with milk and add gradually to the butter and flour. 1961 Lancet 23 Sept. 688/1 A mixture of promethazine hydrochloride 50mg., pethidine 50 mg., and chlorpromazine 50 mg. was made up to 20 ml. 1992 BBC Good Food (BNC) Dec. 51 Strain off the cooking fluid, make up to 1.75 litres/3 pints and pour into another pan with the mustard and salt. d. transitive. To prepare, put in order (a bed) for a particular occasion; to put (a room) in order; to ‘do up’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order tailc1330 ordain1340 disposec1375 appoint1393 fettlea1400 tifta1400 richc1400 tiffc1400 orderc1515 instruct1534 prune1586 compose1612 to make up1759 fix1783 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > clean house or room [verb (transitive)] to do out1728 to make up1891 spring clean1894 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 79/2 He..made him up a bed of straw in the waggon, under the waggon-house. 1824 Examiner 45/2 [She] desired witness to make up the bed in her room. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 396 Being quite tired with my day's work, I made up my bed as quickly as I could, and went to sleep. 1879 C. M. Yonge Cameos clii, in Monthly Packet Jan. 9 She had a couch made up for her on deck. 1889 W. Westall Birch Dene I. xiii. 178 We might..make you up a bed on the office floor. 1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 150 506/2 ‘Where have you made up Mr. Smith's room’? ‘In the north wing, sir.’ 1904 J. London Sea-wolf iv. 39 That night..I was sent to sleep in the steerage, where I made up a spare bunk. 1934 A. Christie Murder on Orient Express ii. ii. 87 I called the conductor to make up my bed. 1981 M. Angelou Heart of Woman v. 72 Just cook dinner for my fifteen-year-old, clean the kitchen and make up his room. e. transitive. To prepare (a person, esp. oneself) for a theatrical performance or other public appearance by means of an appropriate costume, false hair, (now esp.) cosmetics, etc.; (now chiefly) to apply cosmetics to (one's face, a facial feature). Chiefly reflexive (now chiefly regional) or in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)] preenc1395 prunec1395 prank1546 to set oneself out to the life1604 adonize1611 briska1625 tight1775 to make up1778 tighten1786 smarten1796 pretty1868 tart1938 pansy1946 sharpen1952 primp1959 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > make up to make up1778 to whiten up1842 to blacken up1861 to black up1877 to white up1906 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > beautify (the skin or complexion) [verb (transitive)] to make upa1817 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 97 I suppose you'd have me..powder, and daub, and make myself up, like some other folks? 1808 Monthly Pantheon 1 346/1 Yes, she produces a good effect!—she's well made up! 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. ix. 430 I made myself up.., with the barber's aid, as a sort of middle man between don Cæsar and Gil Blas. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. x. 222 Morning visits are never fair by women at her time of life, who make themselves up so little. If she would only wear rouge. View more context for this quotation 1844 Puck 30 (Farmer) My young ambition sadly I resign,—My mind and face made up for first old men. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 362 The General was very old, close upon eighty; but he was ‘made up’ to represent a gentleman of about forty. 1862 Temple Bar 6 339 His face is marvellously ‘made up’. 1891 New Rev. Aug. 176 They have no teeth; they have skins that would make a lemon look white;..But the maid makes them up; and people say how handsome they are. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xxiv. 200 I saw that he was wearing a fall overcoat; he shivered, and I said, ‘Aren't you made up rather lightly for this evening air?’ 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon iii. vi. 258 Marjorie Ferrar stepped into the Box, not exactly nervous, and only just ‘made-up’. 1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians i. 15 She was heavily but badly made-up, with a triangle of red on either cheek. 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xlvii. 333 Small white wool socks..to be worn with bare legs that were made-up to look tanned. 1969 J. D. A. Widdowson & H. Halpert in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 149 A gentleman..made hisself up with burnt cork. 1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 181/1 In a red knit dress and black pumps..her face made up, moisturized, lipsticked, and mascaraed, Hilary Rosen is the polar opposite of Urvashi Vaid. f. transitive. To get (a horse) into good condition, either for selling or for sporting performance; (also) to fatten (any animal) for the market (cf. to make off 4 at Phrasal verbs 1). Also intransitive: (of a horse, etc.) to achieve a good or better condition. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 1794 Sporting Mag. 4 208 He thoroughly understands (what is termed by dealers) making up a horse. 1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 ii. 217 All the lambs being made up for the butcher. 1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 19 The majority..buy them as colts; when fit for the collar,..make them up for the London brewers. 1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 533 If they [sc. fowls] have been ‘sent along’ with Indian corn [etc.],..they will make up to nearly 2 lbs. heavier. 1889 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) 338 Sam's gone to John Skill's ageän to mak up his herses fer Lincoln fair. 1992 Sporting Life 9 Oct. 18/4 A lot of them are stoutly-bred and will make up into nice three-year-olds. g. intransitive. Originally Theatre colloquial with reflexive meaning in sense 10e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (intransitive)] > make up black1579 blacken1699 to make up1839 to whiten up1878 to blacken up1884 to black up1890 to white up1890 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 245 Mr. Crummles..had..‘made up’ for the part by arraying himself in a theatrical wig [etc.]. 1862 Temple Bar 6 340 Mr. Sothern ‘makes up’ so very darkly as to appear almost Jewish. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. ii. 28 He had ‘made up’ for the part of a distressed poet. 1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 591/2 When she went off with Paris, he had by magic arts made up as Menelaus, and she thought he was her husband. 1901 C. Morris Life on Stage v. 26 Of course when you are making up for a character part you go by a different rule. 1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter xlii. 236 ‘Of course, all the colouring is artificial.’ ‘You don't mean he makes up?’ asked Mrs Hopkins. 1966 J. Lennon & P. McCartney For No One (song lyrics) She wakes up, she makes up, she takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > wash, dry and iron launder1609 to make up1890 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 56/1 They can make up linen execrably. 11. transitive. a. to make up one's mind (also to make one's mind up): to reach or approach a decision or conclusion; to resolve (that, to do something). Similarly in passive, as one's mind is made up, etc. Also to make up one's resolution (rare). Hence, with †for, †to, or infinitive: to be reconciled to the thought of, to be prepared for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give (one's mind, etc.) up to some condition resign1718 to make up one's mind1821 the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] choosec1320 definec1374 to take advisementa1393 appointc1440 conclude1452 to come to (an) anchor?1473 deliber1485 determine1509 resolvea1528 rest1530 deliberate1550 point1560 decide1572 to set (up) one's rest1572 to set down one's rest1578 to make account1583 to fix the staff1584 to take a party1585 fadge1592 set1638 determinate1639 pitch1666 devise1714 pre-resolve1760 settle1782 to make up one's mind1859 1751 Villier's Chances (rev. ed.) i. i. 6 Since she is so conceal'd,..I have made up my Mind. 1792 T. Jefferson Jrnl. 29 Feb. in Papers (1990) XXIII. 186 My mind was immediately made up to make that the epoch of my own retirement from those labors, of which I was heartily tired. 1821 Examiner 363/1 In winter people make up their minds for the worst and go. 1830 Examiner 663/2 The King has quite made up his mind to the loss of Belgium. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xiv. 280 Edward made up his resolution to join the army. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 190 If the government would make up its mind to require for every child a good education. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvii. 136 We had all quietly made up our minds to treat him like one of ourselves. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables vi. 66 If we make up our mind not to keep her we'll bring or send her over to you. 1934 D. Hammett Thin Man xxx. 244 Guild hesitated, as if making up his mind whether to reply. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 26 The introspective, the waverers, the cowardly often need to have their minds made up for them thus. 1981 A. Hutschnecker Hope xiv. 227 When a man or a woman has made up his or her mind to die, there is little a physician can do to save them. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. xxi. 423 She had made up her mind that she wasn't going to let her dad do this number on her this time. b. Chiefly British regional, esp. Scottish. to make it up (also occasionally intransitive in to make up): to make up one's mind, to resolve, contrive, agree to do something, that. Also without construction: to agree to marry. ΚΠ 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 79 For as gude and bonny as she is, if Maister Angis and her mak it up, I'se ne'er be the man to differ them, she is a' I hae, an she'll get a' I hae. 1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. June 533/2 Two young men, more resolute than their neighbours, ‘made it up’ to go and look in at the old woman's window. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 166 He and Miss Georgiana made it up to run away: but they were found out and stopped. 1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law & Theol. xvii. 333 That couple ower there..a doot they're makin 't up. 1900 Shetland News 13 Oct. 8/6 I heard dem makin' up at dey wir a' to vot fir Wason. 1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. 288/2 /wi mék op fi gó éniwie/ We are decided to go anyway. III. To advance, settle. 12. transitive. a. regional (originally Scottish). To make or increase the fortune of, enrich, reward; to elevate, promote; to compensate generously. Frequently in passive. ΚΠ 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (Morgan) iv. 195 Distroing þe nobillis of his realm to mak vp his myschevous lymmaris. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 124v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mak Lang before he expellit his lady..quham be he wes maid wp. 1629 in G. F. Black Examples Folk-lore Orkney & Shetland (1901) 77 Ye wald giff her ane guid sheip luck as ye haid given to sundreis..quhom ye had maid up. 1714 J. H. Thomson Cloud of Witnesses (1871) 78 He made them aye up, sometimes with an hundred-fold in this life, and heaven after. 1786 Scotland's Glory & Shame ii. 53 He'll make you up for ever. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. viii. 230 Your master will soon be sic a rich man now, that we'll a' be made up. 1871 J. Milne Songs & Poems 18 Though you bear the world's reproach You'll be made up for ever. b. colloquial (originally Services' slang). To promote to a higher rank or position. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > appoint to rank [verb (transitive)] > promote promote1402 to make up1943 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 45 Made up, promoted. (Applies to the stages from Corporal to Warrant Officer.) 1958 A. Hunter Gently through Mill viii. 97 ‘Then why was Blacker made foreman?’.. ‘I made him up on his ability!’ 1975 Daily Tel. 19 July 9/7 Jones is working-class made-up to lance-corporal. 1992 Independent 16 Nov. 23/3 Companies are narrowing the path that leads toward the holy grail of partnership. Slaughter and May..‘made up’ just one partner in the current financial year, compared with 10 in 1991–92. 13. transitive. To settle, arrange. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [verb (intransitive)] > enter into contract of marriage to make up1562 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 75 Bie the consent of their frendes, who made vp the mariage betwixe them. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D Aduise thy King to make this marriage vp, For strengthening of our late confirmed league. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 196 Pardon me royall sir, election makes not vp On such conditions. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 141 Be Blest For making vp this peace. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans v. 27 The Father of the Damosel usually makes up the Match. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xvii. 299 Darcy did every thing; made up the match, gave the money, paid the fellow's debts, and got him his commission! View more context for this quotation 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxxviii. 384 Edward tried to make up a kind of peace between them. 1890 Universal Rev. Feb. 282 The best marriages are those which are made up by sympathetic and understanding friends. b. to make it up: to be reconciled after a dispute; to become friends again. Frequently with with. Also intransitive in same sense, as make up (with). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] saughtel1154 saughtenc1275 peasec1300 saughta1400 reconcilec1425 agree1447 to make peace1535 to fall in1546 to piece up1653 to kiss and be friends1657 to kiss and make up1657 to make it up1669 to make it up1722 conciliate1747 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 441 You had made up with the Duke of York without his knowledge. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 307 They were in a great Fright, and were desirous above all things to make it up. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. v. 26 If I should be obliged to make up with him again, I shall think I am always doing myself a spight. 1782 S. Crisp Let. 5 Apr. in F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 135 And now, Fanny, after this severe lecturing, I shall give you a sweetener to make it up with you. 1837 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Corr. i There we were, quarrelling and making up..by turns. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It liii. 386 The next time Robbins got sick, Jacops tried to make up with him. 1887 C. L. Pirkis Dateless Bargain II. xviii. 232 We've kissed and made it up again. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xix. 288 We..had quarrelled and made up. 1915 V. Woolf Diary 31 Jan. (1977) I. 31 I explode: and L. smoulders. However, quite suddenly we made it up. 1956 B. Webb Diary 12 Feb. (1956) II. 55 MacDonald shows no signs of making it up with the Left. 1983 J. Lingard Winter Visitor i. 9 He and his mother had been clashing a lot, quarrelling, making-up, then arguing again. 1991 Economist (BNC) 30 Mar. 14 The smaller Gulf states had already decided that..they should sensibly make up with their ex-enemy Iran. c. To settle (a dispute, etc.); to end (a quarrel) by reconciliation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > settle (a dispute) peasec1330 reconcilea1393 compone1523 compromit1537 compound1546 atone1555 to take up1560 compose1570 gree1570 accommodate1609 concoct1620 even1620 sopite1628 to make up1699 liquidate1765 resolve1875 1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus in R. L'Estrange 20 Sel. Colloquies (new ed.) vi. 67 What passes between two People is much easier made up, than when once it has taken Air. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvii. 62 Mediators in making up Cases of Debate and Contention. 1776 S. Foote Bankrupt iii. 80 And now this difference is whole and compos'd, let me try if I can't make up the other. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 259 Perhaps the feud may be made up without farther fighting or difficulty. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 301 That two..gentlemen should be deputed to wait on Her Majesty and try to make matters up. 1870 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings 2nd Ser. 230 He had made up his differences with Fox. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xiv. 144 Em and I made up the old quarrel yesterday. 1964 E. Waugh Diary Mar. (1976) 792 He looked so pale and feeble and was so breathless that we there and then made up our estrangement of some twelve years. 14. intransitive. a. To advance in a certain direction; now only in to make up to: to draw near to, approach. Also (occasionally), of the tide: to flow up a river (cf. sense 58). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] goeOE wendOE makeOE aim?a1400 to make one's waya1425 reflect1547 work1566 to make up1596 path1597 sway1600 tend1648 vergea1661 steer1693 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] to come at ——OE ofseche?c1225 approachc1305 proachc1450 coast1531 to make up to1596 accost1597 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb or flow makea1685 sit1751 set1777 to make up1898 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > flow in fulleOE flowc1050 make1840 to make up1898 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. I2v Make vp once more with me the twentith part Of those that liue, are men inow to quaile, The feeble handfull on the aduerse part. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age v. sig. K Let's make vp to his rescue. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. ii. 5 Philip make vp. View more context for this quotation 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. i. sig. H1v Hell, stoppe, their bawling throats; again! make up And cudgell them into jelly. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ev/1 There, I would follow you as a guid to honour, Though all the horrours of the Warre made up To stop my passage. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 38 He espied two Men come tumbling over the Wall,..and they made up a pace to him. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 114 With Intent to have endeavour'd to make up into the Latitude of fifty or sixty Degrees. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. viii. 110 Impatient to know.., he made up to me immediately. 1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 87 I saw her make up to the lady I have described. 1898 Daily News 25 Mar. 8/3 There was very little water in the river as the tide was only just beginning to make up. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden x. 100 ‘Do you think he really likes me?’ ‘He wouldn't come near thee if he didn't... See, he's making up to thee now.’ 1991 Motorboat & Yachting June 105/3 Anyone with a thirst for more knowledge of the remarkable Ijsselmeer project could make up to the south-west from Urk to Lelystad. b. to make up to: to make advances to (a person); to pay court to; to curry favour with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1701 J. Collier tr. Mythol. Pict. Cebes in M. Aurelius Conversat. 248 They..make up to them with great Endearingness, and ply them strongly with Compliment and Flattery. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 128 On being let in, the girls of the house flock'd round Charles, whom they knew, and..they were, in their way, making up to him... But the Templar soon check'd their forwardness. 1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 25 She ogles me still, or I'm mistaken; I'll e'en make up to her. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 4 They made up to don Cæsar or his son at once, without currying my favour as the channel of all good graces. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 22 Tom's making up to the widow. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 98 Young Bullock..who had been making up to Miss Maria the last two seasons. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae i. 8 I have it by all accounts that Mr. Henry was more made up to from that hour. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 156 He tried to make up to me but I gave him the frozen mit. 1942 ‘S. Smith’ Mother, what is Man? 20 He does not like you, little boy, It's no use making up to him. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators ii. 61 The secret of James's charm for children... He never talked down—and he never made up—to them. to make up b. Chiefly British regional, esp. Scottish. to make it up (also occasionally intransitive in to make up): to make up one's mind, to resolve, contrive, agree to do something, that. Also without construction: to agree to marry. ΚΠ 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 79 For as gude and bonny as she is, if Maister Angis and her mak it up, I'se ne'er be the man to differ them, she is a' I hae, an she'll get a' I hae. 1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. June 533/2 Two young men, more resolute than their neighbours, ‘made it up’ to go and look in at the old woman's window. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 166 He and Miss Georgiana made it up to run away: but they were found out and stopped. 1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law & Theol. xvii. 333 That couple ower there..a doot they're makin 't up. 1900 Shetland News 13 Oct. 8/6 I heard dem makin' up at dey wir a' to vot fir Wason. 1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. 288/2 /wi mék op fi gó éniwie/ We are decided to go anyway. < as lemmas |
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