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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain. We certify the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Ezra iv. 16.

a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.

To ecxite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Tennyson. Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. Herbert. To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." Burke.

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy. I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. Locke.

To make a chamfer on.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7.

To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the sound of the viol." Amos vi. 5.

To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. When land shal be charged by any lien. Kent.

One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.

To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.] Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser.

To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

To make the movement called chassé; as, all chassé; chassé to the right or left.

ter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. Cowpe.