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  1. verb Past tense and past participle of make.
  2. adjective Produced or manufactured by constructing, shaping, or forming. Often used in combination: handmade lace; ready-made suits.
  3. adjective Produced or created artificially: bought some made goods at the local store.
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  • After correcting a misplaced apostrophe and comma, Deck reported, he was aghast to discover what he described as a made-up word: "emense."
  • In many ways, what-the campaign promise that Obama made was actually overcome by events, because President Bush, who for the longest time had resisted a timeline, agreed in the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqis in December of 2008 that all forces would be out by the end of 2011. —  Democracy Now!
  • Some of the changes Sephora made are a little unusual. —  The Retail Email Blog
  • "Without the change in policies contained in the budget," Orszag says, "our budget deficits would be another $2 trillion bigger over the next decade -- and we wouldn't have begun to make the investments in American-made, alternative energy; better education; and more efficient and higher-quality health care." —  Forbes.com: News
  • He also says the CPSC took too long to act on lead in Chinese-made toys. —  ABC7 News
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  1. Pp. of make.
  2. A variant of mad (perhaps from Icelandic meiddr, maimed: see mad), or of mate.
 

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