What is "to make up for"

Make \Make\ (m[=a]k), v. i.

1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.]

   A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
   --Shak.

2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

   Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.

3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
   --M. Arnold.

   Follow after the things which make for peace.
   --Rom. xiv. 19.

   Considerations infinite Do make against it.
   --Shak.

4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.

5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Tennyson. To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P. Plowman. To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.). Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. --Josh. viii. 15. My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. --Latimer. To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack. To make away with.

   1. To carry off.

   2. To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.

   3. To kill; to destroy. To make off, to go away suddenly. To make out, to succeed; to manage oneself; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all right. (b) to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck; -- of courting couples or individuals (for individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress in the kitchen [informal] To make up, to become reconciled or friendly. To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. To make up to.

      1. To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.

      2. To pay addresses to; to make love to.

         To make up with, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.]

         To make with, to concur or agree with.
         --Hooker.