ˈmatch-make,v.rare. [Back-formation from match-maker1 or -making1.] intr. To plot or contrive to bring about a marriage. 1865Cornh. Mag. Dec. 670, I am the last person in the world to match-make.1902M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 262 It..will be a lesson to me not to match-make again.