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upˈmake, v. Sc. [up- 4 + make v.1 Cf. older Flem. opmaecken, Du. opmaken to use up, put up, etc., LG. upmaken, G. aufmachen to put up, etc.] 1. trans. To make up for (a defect or lack); to supply or fill up where there is a deficiency.
1485Sc. Acts Parlt., Jas. III (1814) II. 172/1 Þe werk to be brokin, the werkman to vpmak þe avale to þe finace foresaid. 1526Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 114 To cloise the tovnn, and bred the portis of the same, and oupmak all wydis and waistis. 2. To construct, build.
1507Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 77 [He] sale..big, oupmak,..and complet the xxxiiij stallis in thar queir. |