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upmake

verb

Etymology

From up- + make.

  1. derived from *maǵ-✻ — “to knead, oil”
  2. inherited from *gamakô✻ — “companion, comrade”
  3. inherited from *gamakō✻
  4. inherited from ġemaca — “a mate, an equal, companion, peer”
  5. inherited from make
  6. prefixed as upmake — “up + make”

Definitions

  1. To make up.

    • O how are they upmade, who have a true interest in, and such a sure relation unto such a Lord, head and husband, as can and will carry on their profit and advantage, even by such dispensations, …
    • And these essentials can be seen at Smail's Printing Works. When, for example, Walter Scott's copy was received, compositors began to upmake lines of type in the caseroom or composing room.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA