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Maketh

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Maketh
    māk′eth old 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of make.
Quotations
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
John Heywood
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
Edmund Spenser
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. [Ecclesiastes 10:19]
Bible
Sir Philip Sidney
Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.
Sir Philip Sidney
He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. [Proverbs 28:20]
Bible
Francis Bacon
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon
Usage in the news

I know this is silly, but my wife and I have different opinions as to the proper way to lay the flat sheet when we MAKETHE BED. ashingtonpost.com

I said in the preface to my book, "You Might Be A Geezer ," there is an article in the AARP Constitution that says, Thou shalt not writeth about or maketh sporteth of Geezers unless thou are one thyself. gcdailyworld.com

Usage in literature

Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of GOD. "Union And Communion" by J. Hudson Taylor

In reality, valiant Ladysmith was beginning to droop with the suspense of hope deferred that maketh the heart sick. "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6)" by Louis Creswicke

Cases are these of hope deferred that maketh the heart sick. "Intestinal Ills" by Alcinous Burton Jamison

We say "the Sun shining makes the day"; Recorde, "the Sonne shynynge maketh the daye. "A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)" by Augustus de Morgan

It gaineth me worship, maketh men to fear me and women to be dazzled by my power. "Privy Seal" by Ford Madox Ford

He bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. "The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882" by Joseph Wild

Thus saith the LORD: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. "Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature" by Various

Howsobe, I have it to do: and stedfast way maketh stedfast heart. "In Convent Walls" by Emily Sarah Holt

Instead of "Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion," we have the paraphrase, "That maketh and transformeth all things. "The Astronomy of the Bible" by E. Walter Maunder

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters. "Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children" by George Smith

Usage in poetry
But smiles come not again to Eve,
Nor brightens off her dark reflection:
Her garland-crown she hath ceased to weave,
And, plucking, maketh no selection;
Only to grieve.
In youth the artist voweth lover's vows
To Art, in manhood maketh her his spouse.
Well if her charms yet hold for him such joy
As when he craved some boon and she was coy!
But I never loved more
On sea or on shore
The ringing of my own true blade.
Like lightening it quivered,
And the hand helms shivered,
As I sang, “None maketh me afraid!”
Why is it we grasp at the shadow
That flits from us swift as thought,
While the real that maketh the shadow
Stands in our way unsought?
And why do we wonder, and wonder,
What's beyond the hill-tops of thought?
He has come to the fountain of light and of life,
Before whom ne'er suppliant sued humbly in vain;
He has come for the knowledge that alone maketh rich,
And without which we're poor, though the whole world we gain.
O FELLOW-CHRISTIAN! whosoe'er thou art, This is for thee and me —
This wine of Trust, that maketh glad the heart In its adversity:
Drink, therefore, and so bear a braver part;
For as thy days, thy strength shall be.