Synonyms for make over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : meyk

Phonetic Transcription : meɪk

Top 10 synonyms for make over

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Définition of make over

Origin : Old English macian "to make, form, construct, do; prepare, arrange, cause; behave, fare, transform," from West Germanic *makon "to fashion, fit" (cf. Old Saxon makon, Old Frisian makia "to build, make," Middle Dutch and Dutch maken, Old High German mahhon "to construct, make," German machen "to make"), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix; to fashion, fit" (see macerate). If so, sense evolution perhaps is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main Old English word, gewyrcan (see work (v.)).
Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested 1620s, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, e.g. to make Latin (c.1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, e.g. to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline.
Read the valuable suggestions in Dr. C.V. Mosby's book -- be prepared to surmount obstacles before you encounter them -- equipped with the power to "make the grade" in life's climb. [advertisement for "Making the Grade," December 1916]
But the phrase also was in use in a schoolwork context at the time. Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1867. Make time "go fast" is 1849; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983). Related: Made; making.

As in reconstruct : verb reorganize, build up
As in reform : verb correct, rectify
As in remodel : verb reconstruct
As in renovate : verb fix up, modernize
As in revamp : verb renovate
As in transfer : verb pass possession to
As in transform : verb change completely
As in cede : verb abandon, surrender
As in change : verb make or become different
As in coddle : verb indulge, pamper
As in convert : verb change belief, especially regarding religion
As in correct : verb fix, adjust
As in dispose of : verb throw away
As in endow : verb give large gift
As in give : verb contribute, supply, transfer

Example sentences :

I'll make over the birds to him as soon as ever he's well enough.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

By no act of conveyance would, or could, He make over His own Rest to them.
Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond

You can make over your life, if you know how, and I'll help you do it, if I can.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

It was to make over to you, as the rightful owner, the property on the Arran Islands.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

This year has been long enough to make over into a dozen ordinary ones.
Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray

I will make over to you such bonus shares as may be agreed upon.
Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham

It will save buying, and you can go to your stock any time and make over what you want.
Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott

Maybe you can find a cheap tailor who will make over the dress.
Extract from : « The Girl from Sunset Ranch » by Amy Bell Marlowe

The other children were so charmed, Katy was 210besieged with teasing to make over their dolls.
Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane » by Lily Munsell Ritchie

Nay, I will make over to you all that I possess if only you will continue to help me.
Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Antonyms for make over

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