made whole
made whole is the simple past and past participle of make whole.
Meaning of make whole
Verb
make whole (third-person singular simple present makes whole, present participle making whole, simple past and past participle made whole)
- To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.
- Pale the children both did look,
But the guest a beaker took;
"Golden wine will make you whole!"1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, chapter 6, in Hyperion: A Romance
- Pale the children both did look,
- To repair or restore (something).
- Pandarus: Fair prince, here is good broken music.
Paris: You have broke it, cousin: and, by my life, you shall make it whole again.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Pandarus: Fair prince, here is good broken music.
- To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.
- Perelman receives a government subsidy called "yield maintenance"—totaling about $406 million to date—to make him whole for carrying money-losing assets in the thrift.1991 February 10, Larry Light et al., “Were These Deals Too Sweet To Last?”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 28 Jan 2014
- Synonyms:
- compensate, recompense, reimburse, repay
Questions about made whole
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- Made whole is the simple past and past participle of make whole.
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