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iv. 10.

They should be made to rise at their early
hour.

Locke.

5. To become; to be, or to be capable of
being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to
furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician;
sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm
clothing.

And old cloak makes a new jerkin.

Shak.

6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or
materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,

Make but one temple for the Deity.

Waller.

7. To be engaged or concerned in.
[Obs.]

Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
brotherhood of city bailiffs?

Dryden.

8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in
sight of. "And make the Libyan shores."
Dryden.

They that sail in the middle can make no land
of either side.

Sir T. Browne.

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