Upmake

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. To construct or assemble something from component parts ; to prepare or arrange something in advance
2. To build or put together something ; to ready or set up something for use or action
3. To fabricate or create something ; to make ready or organize something beforehand

Etymology: "Upmake" is a plain English compound: the prefix "up-" joined to the verb "make." The prefix in this sense intensifies or completes the action, so the verb carries a sense of building, arranging or putting something together thoroughly, often in the sense of finishing or fully shaping it. "Make" itself descends from Old English "macian," a word with a long Germanic history of meaning to shape, form or produce. Because the word is built transparently from two familiar parts, its meaning follows directly from them, and there is no dramatic shift in sense to trace. Its interest lies mainly in how readily English combines "up-" with ordinary verbs to create new ones, a pattern that tends to add a sense of thoroughness or completion.