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動詞

make one (三人称単数 現在形 makes one, 現在分詞 making one, 過去形および過去分詞形 made one)

1. (now rare) To take part in, to be present at (a group, social event, etc.; later especially a criminal undertaking). [from 16th c.]
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:

     I accompany the afflicted mourners back to their uncomfortable mansion; and make one in the general concert of unavailing woe […] .

   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 206:

     Mr. Steele was prevailed on to stay and make one at a cricket match with some British gentlemen and their footmen, who were at that time at Rome.

   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 292:

     I had scarcely been once at it, my whole time being given up to my new favourite, Charlotte, in attending her to masquerades, theatres, the Pantheon, and every other public place that was open, to no one of which would she ever consent to go unless I made one […] .

   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 142:

     He for many years made one at the table of what was at this time called the Royal Academy Club […] .

   • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801:

     I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,’ observed the gentleman […] . ‘But I must be fed, if I make one.’