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Literary notes about make (AI summary)

The word "make" functions as a versatile, multi-dimensional verb in literature, carrying a range of meanings from creation and transformation to causation and persuasion. It is used both in a literal sense—to assemble, construct, or bring something into being, as when a character “begins to dig behind my tent into the rock, to make room for my further conveniency” [1] or “will make stepping-stones out of his stumbling-blocks” [2]—and in a figurative or idiomatic manner, to denote the initiation of processes or the induction of states of mind, as when one “makes oneself understood” [3] or “makes haste” [4]. In many instances, authors employ the term to bridge abstract intentions with tangible outcomes, enriching narrative dynamics and encouraging readers to perceive action both as a physical and metaphorical phenomenon [5, 6, 7, 8].
  1. Nov. 17.—This day I began to dig behind my tent into the rock, to make room for my further conveniency.
    — from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  2. He will make stepping-stones out of his stumbling-blocks, and lift himself to success.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  3. "You will make her understand in time," said Janetta, almost reverentially.
    — from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
  4. Hie, make haste, Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  5. It is a most excellent sign; for the most thoughtful beginnings make the most prudent proceedings.
    — from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
  6. We do seem to make a little progress, do we not?
    — from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. I will bestow a breakfast to make you friends; and we'll be all three sworn brothers to France.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  8. If in addition to this I had even 200 florins per annum from Count Seeau, this would make 800 florins altogether.
    — from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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