"maken" meaning in Middle English

See maken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/
Etymology: From Old English macian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|macian}} Old English macian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*makōn}} Proto-West Germanic *makōn Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} maken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mak|mad|3s2=makth|class=irr|class2=ed}} Forms: irregular weak [table-tags], maken [infinitive], to maken [infinitive], make [infinitive], make [first-person, present, singular], made [first-person, past, singular], maked [first-person, past, singular], makest [present, second-person, singular], madest [past, second-person, singular], makedest [past, second-person, singular], maketh [present, singular, third-person], makth [present, singular, third-person], made [past, singular, third-person], maked [past, singular, third-person], make [present, singular, subjunctive], made [past, singular, subjunctive], maked [past, singular, subjunctive], make [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], maken [plural, present], make [plural, present], maden [past, plural], made [past, plural], makeden [past, plural], makede [past, plural], maketh [imperative, plural, present], make [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], makynge [participle, present], makende [participle, present], mad [participle, past], maked [participle, past], ymad [participle, past], ymaked [participle, past]
  1. To make or create; to have something made. Derived forms: make, maker, unmaken
    Sense id: en-maken-enm-verb-6gPHoN4q Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: macke, mak, make, maki, makiȝe, makye, makyn, macen, machiæ, macian, makian, makie, makien, makiȝen, makyȝe [Early-Middle-English]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.",
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          "ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9–12:",
          "text": "And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases […]",
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 430, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 860, lines 29–31:",
          "text": "& ſomme englyſſhe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of ſyr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers[…]",
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          "word": "macke"
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          "word": "make"
        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmaːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmakən/"
    }
  ],
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}
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          "ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:1-2”, in Wycliffe's Bible:",
          "text": "In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.",
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          "ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9–12:",
          "text": "And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases […]",
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 430, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 860, lines 29–31:",
          "text": "& ſomme englyſſhe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of ſyr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or create; to have something made."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmakən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "macke"
    },
    {
      "word": "mak"
    },
    {
      "word": "make"
    },
    {
      "word": "maki"
    },
    {
      "word": "makiȝe"
    },
    {
      "word": "makye"
    },
    {
      "word": "makyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "macen"
    },
    {
      "word": "machiæ"
    },
    {
      "word": "macian"
    },
    {
      "word": "makian"
    },
    {
      "word": "makie"
    },
    {
      "word": "makien"
    },
    {
      "word": "makiȝen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "makyȝe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maken"
}

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