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Who makes or ruins with a smile or
frown.

Dryden.

2. To cause to be or become; to put into a
given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make
known; to make public; to make fast.

Who made thee a prince and a judge over
us?

Ex. ii. 14.

See, I have made thee a god to
Pharaoh.

Ex. vii. 1.

&fist; When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
bold; to make free, etc.

3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute
subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

He is not that goose and ass that Valla would
make him.

Baker.

4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to
force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
infinitive.

&fist; In the active voice the to of the infinitive is
usually omitted.

I will make them hear my words.

Deut.

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