make of

make of (third-person singular simple present makes of, present participle making of, simple past and past participle made of)

1. (transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).

   What do you make of the new guy?

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make,‎ of.

   Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.

   • 1887, “Carrot Soup”, in Estelle W[oods] Wilcox, compiler, The Buckeye Cook Book. […], subscription edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Buckeye Publishing Co. […], →OCLC, “Soups” section, page 831:

     To make of carrots alone, put in about two pounds sliced carrots in stewpan with three tablespoons butter and place where they will stew gently an hour without browning.