Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Make, vb. (impf. and partic. made). A. trans. 1) to create, to beget, to cause to exist, to form, to frame, to compose: “nature that made thee,” Ven. 11. Ven. 11 bees that made 'em (honey-combs) Tp. I, 2, 330. “thou art made like a goose,” II, 2, 136. “as if the garment had been made for me,” Gent. IV, 4, 168. “like man new made,” Meas. II, 2, 79 (new-created by salvation). “a man already made,” II, 4, 44. “a life true made,” II, 4, 44 “to see the --ing of her carcanet,” Err. III, 1, 4. “by this I know 'tis made,” Err. III, 1, 4 “he were an excellent man that were made just in the midway between him and Benedick,” Ado II, 1, 8. “he speaks not like a man of God's --ing,” LLL V, 2, 529; As III, 2, 216. “God made him,” Merch. I, 2, 60. “put the liveries to --ing,” II, 2, 124. (the painter) having made one (eye) III, 2, 124. “Nathaniel's coat was not fully made,” Shr. IV, 1, 135. “He that made me,” R2 II, 1, 93; H6A II, 4, 88; H6C II, 2, 124; R3 I, 2, 62; Lr. I, 1, 210. “I was not made a horse,” R2 V, 5, 92; cf. “repent thou wast not made his daughter,” Ant. III, 13, 135. “I knew ye as well as he that made ye,” H4A II, 4, 296. “what I have to say is of mine own --ing,” H4B V, 5, 121. “his passport shall be made,” H5 IV, 3, 36. “you are weakly made,” H8 II, 3, 40. “my will shall here be made,” Troil. V, 10, 53; Wiv. III, 4, 60. “he sits in his state, as a thing made for Alexander,” Cor. V, 4, 23 (formed to represent A.). “he that made us with such large discourse,” Hml. IV, 4, 36. “there was good sport at his --ing,” Lr. I, 1, 24. “the issue that their lust hath made between them,” Ant. III, 6, 8. “made a law,” Ant. III, 6, 8 etc. etc. With of: “such stuff as dreams are made on,” Tp. IV, 157 (on == of). “the ladder made of cords,” Gent. II, 4, 182. III, 1, 117. “his guts are made of puddings,” Wiv. II, 1, 32. “what stuff 'tis made of,” Merch. I, 1, 4. “such as we are made of, such we be,” Tw. II, 2, 33. “the breath is gone whereof this praise is made,” Tim. II, 2, 179 etc. etc. Hence made of == consisting of: if my breast had not been made “of faith, and my heart of steel,” Err. III, 2, 150. “proud, idle, made of self-love,” All's I, 1, 157. Cor. I, 9, 44. “made of sterner stuff,” Caes. III, 2, 97. Without of: “were I not the better part made mercy,” As III, 1, 2; cf. “when he was less furnished than now he is with that which --s him both without and within,” Cymb. I, 4, 9 (== constitutes). Made, followed by an inf. or by for, == destined, and hence fit, well qualified: “nor made to court an amorous looking-glass,” R3 I, 1, 15. “a place by nature made for murders,” Tit. IV, 1, 58. The aux. vb. to be before it either in the present or impf. tense: “torches are made to light, beauty for the use,” Ven. 163. “we are made to be no stronger than faults may shake our frames,” Meas. II, 4, 132. “you are made rather to wonder at the things you hear than to work any,” Cymb. V, 3, 53. “if he'll do as he is made to do, I'll know he'll quickly fly my friendship too,” Cymb. V, 3, 53 “were not made to woo,” Mids. II, 1, 242. “this hand was made to handle nought but gold,” H6B V, 1, 7. “they were made for kissing,” R3 I, 2, 172. “meat was made for mouths,” Cor. I, 1, 211. “men's eyes were made to look,” Rom. III, 1, 57. “was this fair paper made to write whore upon?” Oth. IV, 2, 72.
Made up == finished, completed: “sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up,” R3 I, 1, 21. “he's a made up villain,” Tim. V, 1, 101 (complete, perfect). “being scarce made up, I mean, to man, he had not apprehension of roaring terrors,” Cymb. IV, 2, 109 (full grown). Made without up, used in the same sense by Fluellen: H5 IV, 7, 45.
2) to effect, to produce, to cause, to perform: “to m. the breach,” Lucr. 469; H6A II, 1, 74; III, 2, 2; H6B V, 2, 82. “he does m. our fire,” Tp. I, 2, 311; Ado II, 1, 262; Shr. IV, 1, 4; Wint. II, 3, 115 etc. “widows of this business' --ing,” Tp. II, 1, 133. “to m. an earth-quake,” Tp. II, 1, 133 “m. flows and ebbs,” V, 270. “and m. rough winter everlastingly,” Gent. II, 4, 163. m. water (== to urine) Gent. IV, 4, 41; Meas. III, 2, 117; Tw. I, 3, 139. “to m. a hole,” Wiv. III, 5, 143; H4B II, 2, 88; Caes. V, 1, 31 etc. “m. the fairy oyes,” Wiv. V, 5, 45. “vice --s mercy,” Meas. IV, 2, 115 (is the cause of mercy). “who --s that noise?” IV, 3, 27; Ado III, 3, 35; Mids. III, 2, 116; H4B IV, 5, 1; H8 IV, 1, 72; Lr. II, 1, 57 etc. “unquiet meals m. ill digestions,” Err. V, 74. “m. good room,” Ado II, 1, 88. “made a blot,” III, 1, 64. “your fair self should m. a yielding 'gainst some reason in my breast,” LLL II, 151. “--s sport to the prince,” IV, 1, 101; Wiv. IV, 4, 14; Mids. III, 2, 161. “the wound mine eye hath made,” As III, 5, 20; R2 IV, 279; Tit. III, 1, 247; Tim. III, 5, 66. “infirmity doth ever m. the better fool,” Tw. I, 5, 83; cf. “I'll m. a fat pair of gallows,” H4A II, 1, 74. “a solemn combination shall be made of our souls,” Tw. V, 392. “the need I have of thee thine own goodness hath made,” Wint. IV, 2, 14. “this league that we have made,” John II, 545; IV, 2, 126. “I have made a happy peace with him,” John V, 1, 63; V, 2, 91; R2 III, 2, 127; R3 I, 2, 198; II, 2, 132; Cor. V, 6, 79 etc. “made a divorce betwixt his queen and him,” R2 III, 1, 12; H5 V, 2, 394; Cymb. II, 1, 67. m. fearful musters, H4B Ind. Cymb. II, 1, 67 “his own merit --s his way,” H8 I, 1, 64; cf. H6B IV, 8, 62 and Oth. V, 2, 263. “this --s bold mouths,” H8 I, 2, 60. this night he --s a supper (== gives) H8 I, 3, 52; cf. “--s factious feasts,” Troil. I, 3, 191; “be every one officious to m. this banquet,” Tit. V, 2, 203. “all hoods m. not monks,” H8 III, 1, 23. “made this mischief,” II, 1, 22. “m. yourself mirth,” II, 3, 101. “made emulous missions,” Troil. III, 3, 189 (caused). “made a shower and thunder with their caps and shouts,” Cor. II, 1, 282. “the noble knot he made,” Cor. IV, 2, 32. “m. a treaty,” V, 6, 68; Ant. II, 6, 85. “the harmony which that tongue has made,” Tit. II, 4, 48. the sorrow that their sister --s (== causes) III, 1, 119. “trenches made by grief,” V, 2, 23. “m. a mutual closure of our house,” V, 2, 23 “let us m. a bay,” II, 2, 3. “the want whereof doth daily m. revolt in my penurious band,” Tim. IV, 3, 91 (mark the different meaning in Oth. I, 1, 135). “our old love made a particular force,” V, 2, 8. “abler than yourself to m. conditions,” Caes. IV, 3, 32. “it shall m. honour for you,” Mcb. II, 1, 26. “to m. mouths,” Hml. IV, 4, 50; cf. Mids. III, 2, 238 and Lr. III, 2, 35; “to m. faces,” LLL V, 2, 649; Cor. II, 1, 83; Mcb. III, 4, 67. “his quietus m.” Hml. III, 1, 75. “m. your own purpose, how in my strength you please,” Lr. II, 1, 113. “her garboils, made out of her impatience,” Ant. II, 2, 68. “made a gap,” Ant. II, 2, 68 “made his will,” III, 4, 4. “my desolation does begin to m. a better life,” V, 2, 1 (is the beginning of the better life which is to come). “what --s your admiration?” Cymb. I, 6, 38. cf. Cor. III, 1, 27. Per. II Prol. 31 etc. etc. to m. means (cf. Means) == to take measures, to contrive, to practise: Gent. V, 4, 137. R3 V, 3, 40 (Qq bear my good night to him). R3 V, 3, 40 Cymb. II, 4, 3. (== to make possible, All's V, 1, 35). to m. fair weather, see Weather. With a double accus., to denote an effect or change produced: “m. the rope of his destiny our cable,” Tp. I, 1, 33. words that made them (thy purposes) “known,” I, 2, 358. “--s my labours pleasures,” III, 1, 7. “made wit with musing weak,” Gent. I, 1, 69. “one made privy to the plot,” III, 1, 12. “made me publisher of this pretence,” III, 1, 12 “Silver made it good,” Shr. Ind. 1, 19 (cf. Good). “he'll be made an example,” Wint. IV, 4, 847 (cf. Example). “it made my imprisonment a pleasure,” H6C IV, 6, 11. “those you m. friends,” H8 II, 1, 127. “my boon I m. it that you know me not,” Lr. IV, 7, 10 etc. to m. it strange == to pretend to be shocked at what has been said or done: “she --s it strange, but she would be best pleased to be so angered with another letter,” Gent. I, 2, 102. “to achieve her? how? Why --st thou it so strange?” Tit. II, 1, 81. With up, to denote a complete effect: “what he with his oath and all probation will m. up full clear,” Meas. V, 157. Peculiar passage: “thou shouldst have made him as little as a crow, ere left to after-eye him,” Cymb. I, 3, 14 (== let him become). Reflexively: “m. yourself ready,” Tp. I, 1, 27. “m. thyself like a nymph,” I, 2, 301. “to m. myself acquainted with you,” Wiv. II, 2, 189 etc. etc. Sometimes to m. one's self == to become: “that, being a stranger in this city here, do m. myself a suitor to your daughter,” Shr. II, 91. “how sometimes nature will betray its folly and m. itself a pastime to harder bosoms,” Wint. I, 2, 152. “I dare not m. myself so guilty, to give up willingly that noble title,” H8 III, 1, 139. “Octavius with Mark Antony have made themselves so strong,” Caes. IV, 3, 154. “m. yourself my guest whilst you abide here,” Ant. II, 2, 249 (cf. Meas. III, 1, 205). Adverbial or prepositional expressions supplying the place of the second accusative: “till time had made them for us,” Meas. I, 2, 157 (== disposed them in our favour). “you have made the days and nights as one,” All's V, 1, 3. “that day that made my sister thirteen years,” Tw. V, 255. “what --s you in this sudden change?” H6C IV, 4, 1. “made of none effect,” H8 IV, 1, 33. what --s “that frontlet on?” Lr. I, 4, 207 (what causes that front-let to be on your forehead?). to m. away == to m. away with, to destroy, to kill: Ven. 763. Sonn. 11, 8. As V, 1, 58. All's I, 1, 226. R2 I, 3, 244. H6B III, 1, 167. III, 2, 67. R3 IV, 4, 281. Tit. II, 3, 189. Tit. II, 3, 189 IV, 2, 167. Tim. I, 2, 110. to m. up == to complete, to make full, to accomplish: Meas. V, 228. Err. I, 1, 154. LLL IV, 3, 207. Mids. III, 2, 438. Wint. II, 1, 179. John II, 541. III, 1, 106. H6C I, 4, 25. Troil. II, 2, 170. Cor. I, 1, 148. V, 3, 140. Rom. V, 1, 48. Mcb. I, 5, 38. I, 3, 36. Hml. V, 1, 294. Oth. IV, 2, 5. Per. III, 3, 5 (cf. Up). == to bring up, in the language of the fishermen in Per. II, 1, 155. The prepos. of supplying the place of the first accus.: “made such a sinner of his memory,” Tp. I, 2, 101. “to m. a wonder of a poor drunkard,” II, 2, 169. Wiv. I, 1, 2. Meas. I, 2, 57. II, 1, 1. LLL II, 252. Mids. II, 1, 243. III, 1, 123. Merch. I, 1, 6. Tw. III, 3, 2. H6A IV, 5, 15. R3 II, 1, 50. Rom. III, 1, 50. Oth. III, 4, 61 etc. etc. “I'll m. a shaft or a bolt on't,” Wiv. III, 4, 24 (cf. Bolt). “m. your best of it,” Shr. IV, 3, 100; Cor. V, 6, 148 (cf. Best). “can anything be made of this?” Oth. III, 4, 10 (== is there any meaning in this?). “he will m. no deed at all of this,” All's III, 6, 102. to m. much of == to hold dear, to show love and respect to (cf. Much): Tp. I, 2, 333. All's I, 1, 87. H6C IV, 6, 75. R3 V, 5, 7. Cor. II, 3, 116. Tit. IV, 1, 10. Ant. IV, 2, 21. Cymb. IV, 2, 198. Much omitted: “he is so made on here within, as if he were son and heir to Mars,” Cor. IV, 5, 203 (on == of). to m. more of: “I'll m. more of thy old body than I have done,” Wiv. II, 2, 145. to m. nothing of == to treat with contempt: his white hair, which the impetuous blasts catch in their fury and m. <*>thing of, Lr. III, 1, 9.
Followed by an accus. and inf.; a) without to: “made thee more profit,” Tp. I, 2, 172. “m. his bold waves tremble,” Tp. I, 2, 172 Tp. I, 2, 172 Tp. I, 2, 172 Tp. I, 2, 172 Tp. I, 2, 172 V, 303. Gent. III, 2, 29. Meas. I, 2, 124. Err. III, 2, 38. Err. III, 2, 38 III, 2, 151 etc. “I do m. myself believe,” Meas. III, 1, 205 (== I am inclined to believe). “a part to tear a cat in, to m. all split,” Mids. I, 2, 32 (a phrase expressing great violence of action). b) with to: “their ambition --s them still to fight,” Lucr. 68. Gent. III, 2, 19. V, 4, 163. Err. II, 1, 26. II, 2, 178. LLL V, 2, 556. Merch. I, 1, 68. Shr. I, 1, 174. All's I, 3, 238. V, 3, 114. Tw. III, 4, 369. Wint. IV, 4, 198. V, 3, 71. John IV, 2, 24. R2 I, 1, 72. H6A IV, 7, 12. V, 3, 168. H6B II, 1, 162. H6B II, 1, 162 IV, 8, 17. H6C I, 1, 108. H6C I, 1, 108 I, 2, 26. IV, 8, 54. R3 I, 3, 68. III, 2, 14. H8 II, 4, 183. Troil. IV, 4, 139. Cor. II, 3, 241. V, 3, 101. Tit. IV, 1, 21. Tit. IV, 1, 21 Hml. III, 4, 186. Oth. IV, 2, 147. Per. III. 2, 18 etc. I am made to understand == I am given to understand, Meas. III, 2, 254.
3) Joined, in a periphrastical way, to different substantives implying the idea of an action, to denote the performance of the respective action (cf. the resp. articles): “to m. abode,” Gent. IV, 3, 23. H6A V, 4, 88. Lr. I, 1, 137. “account,” Ado II, 1, 65. R3 III, 2, 71. “act,” R3 II, 2, 90. Ant. III, 1, 13. “ado,” Gent. IV, 4, 30. H4A II, 4, 223. H8 V, 3, 158. Tit. IV, 3, 102. “advantage,” Gent. II, 4, 68. “amends,” Tp. IV, 1, 2. Gent. III, 1, 331. IV, 2, 99. Wiv. II, 3, 70. III, 1, 90. III, 5, 48 etc. “answer,” Meas. III, 2, 165. Ado IV, 1, 18. Tw. III, 3, 14. John II, 121. John II, 121 R2 IV, 20. H5 V, 2, 75. H6A V, 3, 150. Cor. I, 1, 110. Caes. I, 3, 114. Hml. I, 2, 215 etc. “apologies,” Lucr. 31. “appeal,” H8 V, 1, 153. “appearance,” II, 4, 132. “appointment,” Meas. III, 1, 60. “approach,” H5 II, 4, 9. Ant. I, 3, 46. “article,” LLL I, 1, 140. “assault,” Meas. III, 1, 189. H6A II, 1, 38. Cymb. I, 4, 175. “assay,” Meas. III, 1, 163. Tim. IV, 3, 406. Hml. III, 3, 69. “assurance,” Shr. II, 389. Shr. II, 389 III, 2, 136. “atonement,” Wiv. I, 1, 33. H4B IV, 1, 221. R3 I, 3, 36. “audit,” Mcb. I, 6, 27. “bargain,” Ven. 512. LLL V, 2, 799. John III, 1, 93. Troil. III, 2, 204. Caes. I, 3, 120. “battery,” Ven. 426. H6A I, 4, 65. H6C III. 1, 36. Ant. II, 7, 115. Per. IV, 4, 43. V, 1, 47. “boast,” Ado III, 3, 20. As II, 5, 38. H5 III, 7, 66. Troil. III, 3, 98. Tit. II, 3, 11. “bond,” Merch. II, 6, 6. boot, H5 1, 2, 1, 2 H6B IV, 1, 13. Ant. IV, 1, 9. “bout,” Hml. IV, 7, 159. “businesses,” Wint. IV, 2, 15. “care,” IV, 4, 366. “challenge,” LLL V, 2, 713. H8 II, 4, 77. “charter,” All's IV, 5, 97. “cheer,” H4B V, 3, 18. “choice,” Mids. V, 43. Merch. II, 7, 3. III, 2, 43. All's II, 1, 206. H6C IV, 1, 3. H8 I, 4, 85. Tit. II, 1, 73. Rom. II, 5, 38. Ant. III, 1, 23 etc. “cital,” H4A V, 2, 62. “claim,” John III, 4, 143. H5 I, 2, 68. H6C IV, 7, 59. “clamour,” Hml. II, 2, 538. “close,” Gent. V, 4, 117. “coil,” John II, 165. “collection,” Cymb. V, 5, 432. “comment,” Err. III, 1, 100. John IV, 2, 263. V, 7, 4. “commotion,” H6B III, 1, 29. H6B III, 1, 29 “compare,” Mids. III, 2, 290. Tw. II, 4, 104. “compromise,” Wiv. I, 1, 33. John V, 1, 67. “conclusion,” As V, 4, 132. Wint. I, 2, 81. “confession,” Rom. III, 5, 233. IV, 1, 22. Hml. IV, 7, 96. “conquest,” John III, 1, 290. R2 II, 1, 66. Per. I, 4, 69. “construction,” Wiv. II, 2, 232. “course,” R3 IV, 4, 529 (Qq made away). “courtesy,” Ado II, 1, 56. Meas. II, 4, 175. As Epil. Meas. II, 4, 175 H4B II, 1, 135 (Ff om.). “covenant,” R2 II, 3, 50. “cry,” R2 V, 3, 75. Per. II, 1, 22. “defeat,” Ado IV, 1, 48. H5 I, 2, 107. Hml. II, 2, 598. “delay,” Mids. III, 2, 394. R3 V, 3, 17. “delivery,” Wint. V, 2, 10. “demand,” All's II, 1, 194. Troil. II, 3, 72. III, 3, 17. III, 3, 17 Ant. V, 2, 305. Cymb. V, 5, 130. “denial,” Meas. III, 1, 166. Shr. II, 281. All's I, 2, 9. “descant,” R3 III, 7, 49 (Qq build). “diction,” Hml. V, 2, 123. “difference,” Wiv. II, 1, 57. “discord,” Oth. II, 1, 201. “disjunction,” Wint. IV, 4, 540. “dispatch,” Cor. I, 1, 281. “dispensation,” Lucr. 248. “distinction,” All's III, 4, 40. Tw. II, 3, 174. Cymb. IV, 2, 248. “division,” Tw. III, 4, 380. V, 229. “dole,” As I, 2, 138. “doubt,” Gent. V, 2, 20. LLL V, 2, 101. H8 V, 3, 67. Cor. I, 2, 18. V, 4, 49 etc. “election,” All's II, 3, 61. H6B I, 3, 165. Cymb. I, 2, 29. “end,” Wiv. I, 2, 12. Merch. III, 2, 44. Wint. III, 3, 99. H5 II, 3, 11. Tim. III, 4, 55. Hml. IV, 5, 186 etc. “entrance,” H6A II, 1, 30. “escape,” H6C IV, 6, 80. “exchange,” Gent. II, 2, 6. Wint. IV, 4, 647. Rom. II, 3, 62. “excuse,” Ven. 188. Lucr. 114. Lucr. 114 Tw. I, 5, 33. R3 I, 2, 83. Troil. III, 1, 85. Rom. III, 5, 33 etc. “experiment,” Wiv. IV, 2, 35. All's II, 1, 157. “extent,” As III, 1, 17. “fault,” LLL V, 2, 562. Wint. III, 2, 218. R2 I, 2, 5. H5 IV, 1, 311. Cor. V, 6, 64. Cymb. III, 6, 58 etc. “feast,” Meas. I, 2, 57. Shr. III, 2, 16. “flight,” Gent. II, 7, 12. “fray,” Merch. III, 2, 62. “gambol,” Merch. III, 2, 93. “grapple,” Tw. V, 59. “greeting,” Meas. IV, 3, 92. “groan,” Per. IV, 2, 117. “guard,” Ant. IV, 1, 10. “hand,” H8 V, 4, 74. Cor. IV, 6, 117. “harm,” Lr. IV, 7, 29. “haste,” Gent. II, 4, 190. III, 1, 258. Meas. IV, 1, 57. IV, 5, 11. Merch. III, 2, 327 etc. “havoc,” Ado IV, 1, 197. Tw. V, 208. John II, 220. “hazard,” Lucr. 155. Merch. II, 1, 45. John II, 71. “holiday,” Tp. IV, 136. Caes. I, 1, 35. “impression,” R3 I, 4, 63. “impressure,” Troil. IV, 5, 131. “incision,” Merch. II, 1, 6. As III, 2, 75. H5 IV, 2, 9. “inquiry,” Meas. V, 5. Hml. II, 1, 4. “inroad,” Ant. I, 4, 50. “intent,” Lr. IV, 7, 9 “(my made intent). jest,” Ado II, 3, 206. H6C V, 1, 30. “jointure,” H6C III, 3, 136. “journey,” Cymb. II, 4, 43. “joy,” John III, 4, 107 (or verb?). “leg,” All's II, 2, 10. “life,” Oth. III, 3, 177 (m. a life of jealousy, == lead a jealous life? or make jealousy my manner of living?). “lip,” Cor. II, 1, 126. “look,” Wint. V, 1, 228. Ant. I, 5, 56. “love,” Gent. IV, 2, 126. Wiv. I, 3, 48. Mids. I, 1, 107. Shr. I, 2, 136. Hml. III, 4, 93. Lr. V, 3, 86 etc. “manage,” R2 I, 4, 39. “mansion,” Tim. V, 1, 218. “march,” H6A IV, 3, 8. Mcb. V, 2, 31. Ant. IV, 8, 30. “marriage,” Ant. II, 3, 39. “match,” Ven. 586. Wiv. II, 2, 304. Ado II, 1, 314. II, 2, 38. Shr. IV, 4, 46. All's IV, 3, 254. H5 I, 2, 264 etc. “meal,” H4B IV, 3, 99. Cymb. III, 6, 52. “merchandise,” Merch. III, 1, 133. “mistakings,” Tp. I, 2, 248. “moan,” Gent. II, 3, 33. Mids. V, 341. Merch. I, 1, 126. III, 3, 23. R3 I, 2, 158. “mock,” Oth. V, 2, 151. “motion,” Err. I, 1, 60. Tw. III, 4, 316. H8 II, 4, 234. Cor. III, 2, 118. “note,” Ant. III, 3, 26. “oath,” R2 V, 1, 75. “observation,” Lr. I, 1, 292. “offence,” Meas. III, 2, 15. IV, 2, 199. As III, 5, 117. H5 IV, 8, 58. Lr. II, 4, 61 etc. “offer,” LLL V, 2, 810. Merch. IV, 1, 81. H5 I, 1, 75. IV, 1, 193. Ant. II, 6, 34 etc. “opening,” Meas. IV, 1, 31. “overture,” All's V, 3, 99. Lr. III, 7, 89. “pants,” Oth. II, 1, 80. “partition,” Cymb. I, 6, 37. “passage,” H8 II, 4, 165. “pastime,” Wint. II, 3, 24. Cymb. III, 1, 78. “pause,” Lucr. 541. John IV, 2, 231. H6C III, 2, 10. R3 I, 2, 162. Ant. V, 1, 3 etc. “period,” Mids. V, 96. H4B IV, 5, 231. R3 II, 1, 44. “pillage,” Tit. II, 3, 44. “play,” H8 I, 4, 46. “point,” H6B II, 1, 5. “practice,” Meas. III, 2, 288. “prayer,” Merch. IV, 1, 127. H6B IV, 7, 121. “preachment,” H6C I, 4, 72. “preparation,” Wiv. IV, 5, 89. Ado I, 1, 280. “prepare,” H6C IV, 1, 131. “pretence,” Per. I, 2, 91. “prey,” R3 I, 3, 71. III, 5, 84. Troil. I, 3, 123. “price,” Ado III, 3, 122. All's V, 3, 61. “prize,” R3 III, 7, 187. Ant. V, 2, 183. “probation,” Hml. I, 1, 156. “proclamation,” H6A I, 3, 71. H6C IV, 7, 70. V, 5, 9. R3 IV, 4, 519. “promise,” Wiv. IV, 6, 34. Meas. IV, 1, 34. Cor. III, 6, 86. Caes. IV, 2, 24. Hml. I, 3, 119 etc. “proof,” Ado II, 2, 27. Tw. I, 5, 67. H6A I, 2, 94. Caes. II, 1, 299. Oth. V, 1, 26. “provision,” Err. I, 1, 48. “purchase,” Ven. 515. R3 III, 7, 187. Oth. II, 3, 9. “pursuit,” R3 III, 2, 30. “push,” Ado V, 1, 38. “quarry,” Cor. I, 1, 202. “question,” Merch. I, 1, 156. Merch. I, 1, 156 H4B IV, 1, 167. Troil. I, 2, 174. Cor. II, 1, 246. Lr. IV, 3, 26. Oth. III, 4, 17 etc. “ransom,” H6B IV, 1, 10. “recantation,” All's II, 3, 194. “reckoning,” H5 IV, 1, 141. Hml. I, 5, 78. “recompense,” Wiv. IV, 6, 55. “recordation,” Troil. V, 2, 116. “reference,” Ant. V, 2, 23. “remain,” Cor. I, 4, 62. “render,” Tim. V, 1, 152. “repair,” LLL II, 240. “repetition,” Ven. 831. R3 I, 3, 166. “replication,” Caes. I, 1, 52. Hml. IV, 2, 13. “reply,” John III, 3, 49. R2 II, 3, 73. Ant. III, 11, 18. “report,” Cor. IV, 5, 157. Lr. III, 1, 37. Ant. II, 5, 57. V, 2, 255. “request,” Cor. II, 3, 47. Tim. I, 1, 279. Caes. V, 5, 11. “rescue,” Err. IV, 4, 114. Ant. III, 11, 48. “reservation,” All's II, 3, 260. Cor. III, 3, 130. rest, Per. II Prol. 26. “restitution,” Wiv. V, 5, 32. “retire,” LLL II, 234. H5 IV, 3, 86. “retreat,” As III, 2, 169. H4B IV, 3, 78. “return,” Gent. II, 7, 14. Meas. IV, 3, 107. Tw. I, 4, 22. H6B I, 2, 83. H6C IV, 1, 5. Lr. II, 4, 153 etc. “revolt,” Oth. I, 1, 135. “ring,” Caes. III, 2, 162. “road,” H5 I, 2, 138. Cor. III, 1, 5. “satisfaction,” Err. IV, 1, 5. V, 399. H5 IV, 8, 48. H6C V, 5, 14. Tit. V, 1, 8. “scruple,” H4B I, 2, 148. Troil. IV, 1, 56. Cymb. V, 5, 182. “search,” Tp. II, 1, 323. Per. III Prol. 19. “separation,” Wint. I, 1, 28. “sermon,” Shr. IV, 1, 185. “set,” R3 V, 3, 19. “shift,” Merch. I, 2, 97. All's II, 5, 39. H4B II, 1, 169. II, 2, 25. H6B IV, 8, 32. Mcb. II, 3, 46. “shoot,” LLL IV, 1, 10. “shout,” Caes. I, 1, 49. “show,” Tp. I, 2, 470. Ado I, 3, 20. As I, 2, 96. H4A V, 4, 95. H6B I, 1, 241. Caes. IV, 2, 24. Cymb. I, 5, 40. Per. I, 4, 75 etc. “shrift,” R3 III, 4, 97. “sign,” Tit. III, 1, 121. III, 2, 43. “signal,” H6B III, 3, 28. “slander,” Ado III, 3, 170. “slaughter,” H6B III, 2, 190. Cymb. V, 3, 79. Per. IV, 4, 37. “smiles,” Wint. I, 2, 116. “sojourn,” Lr. I, 1, 48. sound, Shr. Ind. I, 51. Per. II, 3, 62. “spare,” H8 V, 4, 21. “speech,” Caes. III, 2, 64. “speed,” Gent. III, 1, 169. Meas. IV, 3, 109. Mids. II, 1, 233. Merch. II, 8, 37 etc. “spoil,” H6C V, 4, 80. “sport,” Wiv. III, 3, 160. Err. II, 2, 30. Ado III, 1, 58. Mids. III, 2, 389. As I, 2, 28. All's V, 3, 323. R2 II, 1, 85. Hml. II, 2, 536 etc. “stand,” Lucr. 438. Merch. II, 6, 2. V, 77. John IV, 2, 39. H4B II, 3, 64. H6C III, 1, 3. Cymb. V, 3, 1 etc. “start,” H6B IV, 8, 45. “stay,” Mids. III, 2, 87. V, 428. Tim. III, 6, 128. “step,” Troil. II, 3, 193. “strain,” Troil. I, 3, 326. “stray,” Lr. I, 1, 212. “stride,” R2 I, 3, 268. III, 3, 92. Cymb. V, 3, 43. “suit,” Tp. III, 2, 44. H8 I, 2, 197. Tit. I, 223. Cymb. V, 5, 71 etc. “summons,” H8 II, 4, 219. “supper,” H6C V, 5, 85 (or == to give?). “survey,” Cor. II, 1, 43. “tale,” H6C II, 1, 120. Hml. II, 2, 146. “taste,” H4B II, 3, 52. “tender,” Wiv. I, 1, 215. Ado II, 3, 185. LLL II, 171. Hml. I, 3, 99; in another sense: H4A V, 4, 49. “test,” Meas. I, 1, 49. “thought,” Oth. I, 3, 26. “thrust,” H4B II, 4, 228. H5 II, 1, 104. “title,” All's I, 3, 107. H5 I, 2, 68. “trespass,” H6C V, 1, 92. trial, Lucr. Arg. H6C V, 1, 92 Tp. I, 2, 467. Meas. III, 1, 203. Tw. IV, 2, 52. H6A V, 3, 76. Cor. V, 1, 40. “use,” Ven. 129. Tp. I, 2, 492. Gent. II, 4, 68. Ado I, 3, 40. All's IV, 4, 22. H5 I, 2, 268. Tim. III, 2, 89. Ant. III, 5, 7 etc. “vent,” All's II, 3, 212. “view,” Tw. II, 2, 20. “visitation,” H8 I, 1, 179. “vow,” LLL II, 22. Tw. V, 222. John III, 1, 266 etc. “voyage,” Ado I, 1, 82. R2 V, 6, 49. “wager,” Hml. IV, 7, 156. Cymb. I, 4, 120. “war,” H6A I, 2, 17. H6C II, 2, 31. Cor. I, 1, 238. Mcb. II, 4, 17. Ant. II, 2, 43. Ant. II, 2, 43 III, 5, 4 etc. “waste,” Merch. I, 1, 157. H5 I, 2, 28. Rom. I, 1, 224. “way,” Shr. I, 1, 239. II, 155. Wint. V, 1, 233. R2 V, 2, 110. H6C IV, 5, 10 etc. “welcome,” Tim. I, 2, 135. “wing,” Mcb. III, 2, 51. “work,” John II, 302. John II, 302 Cor. I, 4, 20. I, 8, 9. IV, 6, 80. IV, 6, 80 IV, 6, 80 IV, 6, 80 V, 1, 15. Rom. II, 6, 35 etc.
4) to put into the suitable form for use: “m. the beds,” Wiv. I, 4, 102. Merch. IV, 1, 96. Shr. IV, 1, 203. Rom. III, 5, 202. Of doors, == to close, to fasten, to bar: “the doors are made against you,” Err. III, 1, 93. “m. the doors upon a woman's wit and it will out at the casement,” As IV, 1, 162. Similarly: “there is no bar to m. against your highness' claim,” H5 I, 2, 36. With up: “ay, m. up that,” Tw. II, 5, 133 (== make it out, make it intelligible, solve the riddle).
5) to raise, to gather, to assemble, to bring together: “m. all the money thou canst,” Oth. I, 3, 361. Oth. I, 3, 361 “the greatest strength and power he can m.” R3 IV, 4, 449. “m. friends with speed,” H4B I, 1, 214. “let our alliance be combined, our best friends made,” Caes. IV, 1, 44. “'tis fit you m. strong party,” Cor. III, 2, 94. “the army we can m.” V, 1, 37. “m. head,” H4A III, 1, 64. IV, 1, 80. Cor. II, 2, 92. III, 1, 1. Caes. IV, 1, 42. cf. Head. With up: “m. up no factious numbers for the matter,” H6B II, 1, 40. “he --s up the file of all the gentry,” H8 I, 1, 75. “the enemy by them shall m. a fuller number up,” Caes. IV, 3, 208.
6) to make the fortune of, to enrich, to make happy: “there would this monster m. a man,” Tp. II, 2, 31. “and m. and mar the foolish Fates,” Mids. I, 2, 39. “there's enough to m. us all,” H4A II, 2, 60. “it --s him and it mars him,” Mcb. II, 3, 35. “it --s us, or it mars us,” Oth. V, 1, 4 (cf. Mar). “that either --s me or fordoes me quite,” Oth. V, 1, 129. Made == fortunate, having one's fortune made: “we had all been made men,” Mids. IV, 2, 18. “thinks himself made in the unchaste composition,” All's IV, 3, 21. “go to, thou art made,” Tw. II, 5, 168. “you're a made old man,” Wint. III, 3, 124. “he's made for ever,” Oth. I, 2, 51.
7) to amount to: “this bottle --s an angel,” H4A IV, 2, 6 (== costs). “ten masts at each m. not the altitude,” Lr. IV, 6, 53.
8) to earn, to raise as a profit: “of whom I hope to m. much benefit,” Err. I, 2, 25. “of which he made five marks, ready money,” Meas. IV, 3, 7. “whether that thy youth and kind will the faithful offer take of me and all that I can m.” As IV, 3, 61.
9) to represent; to consider as, to pretend to be: “m. not impossible that which but seems unlike,” Meas. V, 51. “m. it no wonder,” Shr. III, 2, 193. what place m. you special, when you put off that (the court) “with such contempt?” All's II, 2, 5. “m. this haste as your own good proceeding,” II, 4, 50. “I beseech your majesty to m. it natural rebellion, done i' the blaze of youth,” V, 3, 5. “m. me not sighted like the basilisk,” Wint. I, 2, 388. “were it worse than the name of rebellion can tell how to m. it,” H4B I, 2, 90. “your virtue is to m. him worthy whose offence subdues him,” Cor. I, 1, 179.
10) to prove to be, to turn out, to become, to be (Germ. abgeben): “I myself could m. a chough of as deep chat,” Tp. II, 1, 265. “an old cloak --s a new jerkin,” Wiv. I, 3, 18. “thou wouldst m. an absolute courtier,” III, 3, 66. “he'll m. a proper man,” As III, 5, 115. “a would have made a good pantler,” H4B II, 4, 258. “I should m. four dozen of such,” V, 1, 70. “a far more glorious star thy soul will m. than Julius Caesar,” H6A I, 1, 55. “he would have made a noble knight,” IV, 7, 44. “thou wouldst m. a good fool,” Lr. I, 5, 41. “Jove knows what man thou mightst have made,” Cymb. IV, 2, 207. to m. one == to be of the party: Wiv. II, 3, 48. Shr. I, 2, 246. Tw. I, 5, 213. II, 5, 227. H4A I, 2, 112. Caes. V, 5, 72 (cf. One). “let the fool m. a third,” Tw. II, 3, 189. “the devil m. a third,” H6B III, 2, 303. Evans says: “I shall m. two,” Wiv. III, 3, 250.
11) to have to do, to be about, to do: “what they made there, I know not,” Wiv. II, 1, 244. “what m. you here?” IV, 2, 55. As I, 1, 31. II, 3, 4. “what --s treason here?” LLL IV, 3, 190. “what --s he here?” As III, 2, 234. Oth. I, 2, 49. “what doest thou m. here?” R2 V, 3, 89. “what --st thou in my sight?” R3 I, 3, 164. “what --s he upon the sea?” IV, 4, 474 (Qq doth). “what made your master in this place?” Rom. V, 3, 280. “what m. we abroad?” Tim. III, 5, 46. “what m. you from Wittenberg?” Hml. I, 2, 164. “what m. you at Elsinore,” II, 2, 277. “what m. you from home?” Oth. III, 4, 169. == to do, to operate: “this late complaint will m. but little for his benefit,” H6B I, 3, 101. “the policy of that purpose made more in the marriage than the love of the parties,” Ant. II, 6, 126. “she can m., unmake, do what she list,” Oth. II, 3, 352. Used, like to do, to supply the place of another verb: “if none appear to prove upon thy head thy heinous treasons, there is my pledge: I'll m. it on thy heart,” Lr. V, 3, 93 (Qq prove).
B) absol. and intr. 1) to do, to be active, to operate: “the less you meddle or m. with them,” Ado III, 3, 56. “I'll not meddle nor m. no further,” Troil. I, 1, 14. “I'll meddle nor m. no more in the matter,” Troil. I, 1, 14 to m. against == to be contrary to, to oppose: “albeit considerations infinite do m. against it,” H4A V, 1, 103. “which --s much against my manhood,” H5 III, 2, 52. “what may m. against the house of Lancaster,” H6C II, 1, 176. “the time and place doth m. against me,” Rom. V, 3, 225 (speaks against me). With up: “election --s not up on such conditions,” Lr. I, 1, 209 (does not come to a decision).
2) Joined to adjectives, nearly == to be: “to m. bold,” Wiv. II, 2, 162. Wiv. II, 2, 162 Mids. III, 1, 187. H8 III, 2, 318. Rom. III, 1, 81. Mcb. II, 3, 56. Hml. V, 2, 16. Oth. III, 1, 35. Cymb. I, 6, 197. V, 5, 89 (cf. Bold). “she that --s dainty, she, I'll swear, hath corns,” Rom. I, 5, 21 (== plays the prude). “to m. merry,” Shr. V, 1, 23. H6B I, 2, 85. “he that stands upon a slippery place --s nice of no vile hold to stay him up,” John III, 4, 138 (is not over-scrupulous in laying hold of etc.). m. ready == m. yourself ready, Meas. III, 1, 172. Troil. IV, 4, 146. “'tis but wisdom to m. strong against him,” H4A IV, 4, 39. “that she m. friends to the strict deputy,” Meas. I, 2, 185 (== gain the friendship of).
3) to move, to go: “Venus --s amain to him,” Ven. 5. “as the waves m. towards the pebbled shore,” Sonn. 60, 1. “two ships --ing amain to us,” Err. I, 1, 93. “m. for Sicilia,” Wint. IV, 4, 554. R2 I, 4, 52. II, 1, 287. H6C II, 3, 56. IV, 5, 10. R3 IV, 4, 469. 529 (Qq made away, Ff made his course). H8 I, 4, 55. Tit. V, 1, 25. Rom. I, 1, 131. Caes. III, 1, 18. V, 3, 29. Lr. I, 1, 145 “(m. from the shaft).” Oth. I, 1, 68. I, 3, 14. I, 3, 14 V, 1, 58. Per. I, 4, 61. III, 1, 78. IV, 4, 3. V, 1, 19. With forth: “the Dukes of Berry and of Bretagne shall m. forth,” H5 II, 4, 5. “m. forth: the generals would have some words,” Caes. V, 1, 25. With out: “seven of my people m. out for him,” Tw. II, 5, 65. With up: “Philip, m. up; my mother is assailed,” John III, 2, 5 (go to the place where my mother is). “m. up, lest your retirement do amaze your friends,” H4A V, 4, 5 (join our army). “m. up to Clifton,” H4A V, 4, 5