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-- To make sail. (Naut.)
(a) To increase the quantity of sail already
extended. (b) To set sail. --
To make shift, to manage by expedients; as,
they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. --
To make sternway, to move with the stern
foremost; to go or drift backward. -- To make
strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
request or suggestion. -- To make suit to,
to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. -- To
make sure. See under Sure. -- To
make up. (a) To collect into a sum or
mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a
bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to
compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel.
(c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete;
as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
(d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to
shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
pills; to make up a story.

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