upmakev.
Scottish.
1. transitive. To make up for (a defect or lack); to supply or fill up where there is a deficiency.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up > by supplying what is wanting
performa1382
supplyc1480
upmake1485
to make up1488
mend?a1505
to stop, to fill (in or up), to supply a gap?1523
to eke out1596
help out (also through)1600
size1608
echea1616
inch out1620
to eke up1633
supplete1664
lengthen1670
supplement1749
to husband out1762
sort1880
piecenc1900
1485 Sc. Acts Parl., Jas. III (1814) II. 172/1 Þe werk to be brokin, the werkman to vpmak þe avale to þe finace foresaid.
1526 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 114 To cloise the tovnn, and bred the portis of the same, and oupmak all wydis and waistis.
2. To construct, build.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]
timbera900
workOE
betimberOE
craftOE
buildc1275
lifta1300
stagec1330
upraise1338
wright1338
edifya1340
to make outa1382
to make upa1382
biga1400
housea1400
risea1400
telda1400–50
to work upa1450
redress1481
levy1495
upmake1507
upbuild1513
exstruct?c1550
construct1663
to run up1686
practise1739
to lay up1788
elevate1798
to put up1818
to lay down1851
practicate1851
1507 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 77 [He] sale..big, oupmak,..and complet the xxxiiij stallis in thar queir.
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