make love

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "[S]carcely had they passed the sweep-gate and joined the other carriage, than she found her subject cut up–her hand seized–her attention demanded, and Mr. Elton actually making violent love to her: availing himself of the precious opportunity, declaring sentiments which must already be well known, […]"
• "About a week afterwards she said to him, point-blank, “Are you seriously making love to your little cousin?”"