Meanings
maken1
verb
- obsoletepluralpresentplural simple present of make
To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree[…]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 4102 more examples
And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.
1542, Eraſmus of Roterodame, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Vdall, transl., Apothegmes […] , page 197All theſe Starres maken one hundred and eight, / Bright and conſpicuous without deceite.
1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature [D4], verso
Maken2
Origin
maken · verb
- Middle Englishmaken
- Englishmaken
From Middle English maken, equivalent to make + -en.
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APA
maken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maken
MLA
“maken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maken. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maken.
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