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Make love

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court. archaic

    "So from thenceforth, when loue he to her made, / VVith better tearmes ſhe did him entertaine, / VVhich gaue him hope, and did him halfe perſvvade, / That he iunb time her ioyaunce ſhould obtaine."

  2. 2
    have sexual intercourse with wordnet
  3. 3
    To engage in sexual intercourse. euphemistic

    "I caught them making love on my couch."

Etymology

Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.

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