- Put together or compose. 2. Constitute or form. 3. Apply cosmetics. 4. Devise a fiction or falsehood. 5. Compensate for a deficiency. 6. Repeat a course or take a test at a later time. 7. Resolve a quarrel. 8. Put in order.
Examples:
- The druggist made up the prescription.
- One hundred years make up a century.
- He made himself up as an old man.
- Did you make it up?
Origin: Various senses from 1465 to early 1800s