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"Section M, N, and O"

See
Madjoun.


||Ma*jus"cu*læ (?), n. pl. [L.,
fem. pl. fr. majusculus somewhat greater or great, dim. of
major, majus. See Major.]
(Palæography) Capital letters, as found in
manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.


Ma*jus"cule (?), n. [Cf. F.
majuscule. See Majusculæ.] A capital letter;
especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See
Majusculæ.


Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly
of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe
from the third to the sixth century.


Mak"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being
made.


Mak"a*ron (?), n. See
Macaroon, 2.
[Obs.]


Make (?), n. [AS. maca,
gemaca. See Match.] A companion; a mate; often, a
husband or a wife.
[Obs.]


For in this world no woman is

Worthy to be my make.
Chaucer.


Make, v.


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