| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To select for an office or position: appoint, designate, name, nominate, tap1. See CHOICE. 2. To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, set out, strike out. See APPROACH. 3. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START. 4. To be the constituent parts of. Also used with up: compose, constitute, form. See BE. 5. To journey over (a specified distance): cover. Informal : do. See MOVE. 6. To receive, as wages, for one's labor: earn, gain, get, win. Informal : pull down. Idioms: earn (or make) a living, earn one's keep. See GIVE, MONEY. 7. To put in force or cause to be by legal authority: constitute, enact, establish, legislate, promulgate. See ACTION, MAKE, POLITICS. 8. To cause (a person or thing) to act or move in spite of resistance: coerce, compel, constrain, force, obligate, oblige, pressure. See ATTACK. 9. To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action: get, have. See CAUSE. 10. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge1, frame, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape. See MAKE. 11. To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose: fit1, fix, prepare, prime, ready. See PREPARED. 12. To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idioms: give birth (or rise) to. See MAKE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | make out To perceive and fix the identity of, especially with difficulty: descry, discern, distinguish, pick out, spot. See SEE. make out 1. Informal. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Idioms: make do, make shift. See THRIVE. 2. Slang. To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior: Informal : fool around, neck, pet1, spoon. See SEX. 3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND. make over To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, sign over. Law : alien, alienate, assign, convey, transfer. See GIVE, LAW. make up 1. To act as an equalizing weight or force to: balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, offset, set off. See ORDER. 2. To compose or recite without preparation: ad-lib, extemporize, fake, improvise. Idioms: wing it. See PLANNED, PREPARED. 3. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, think up. Informal : cook up. Idioms: come up with. See MAKE. 4. To reestablish friendship between: conciliate, reconcile, reunite. See LOVE.
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