matchmake
verbEtymology From match + make, as a back-formation from matchmaking.
1
To carry out matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- Why then Foible’s a Bawd, an Errant, Rank, Match-making Bawd.1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xviii, page 49:
- And pray remember, I am the last person in the world to match-make.1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:
2 more examples
- We are a couple of old fools to be matchmaking so soon ...1876, Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom:
- Not to brag, but I'm kind of responsible for matchmaking you and Irina.2002: Alias (TV, episode 2.09)
- Derived terms
- matchmakee
- Related terms
- matchmaker, matchmaking