Major () Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.

Major () An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

Major () A person of full age.

Major () That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].

Major () A mayor.

Majorat () The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.

Majorat () Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.

Majorate () The office or rank of a major.

Majorate () To augment; to increase.

Majoration () Increase; enlargement.

Majorcan () Of or pertaining to Majorca.

Majorcan () A native or inhabitant of Majorca.

Major-domo () A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

Majorities () of Majority

Majority () The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.

Majority () The military rank of a major.

Majority () The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

Majority () The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

Majority () Ancestors; ancestry.

Majority () The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Majorship () The office of major.

Majoun () See Madjoun.

Majusculae () Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.

Majuscule () A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

Makable () Capable of being made.

Makaron () See Macaroon, 2.

Make () A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

Made () of Make

Making () of Make

Make () To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

Make () To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

Make () To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

Make () To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

Make () To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

Make () To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.

Make () To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

Make () To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

Make () To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

Make () To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

Make () To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Make () To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

Make () To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

Make () To be engaged or concerned in.

Make () To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

Make () To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Make () To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

Make () To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

Make () To increase; to augment; to accrue.

Make () To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

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