To make out Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case . (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money.
Definitions
  1. to succeed; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties.

Webster 1913