Make love and To love

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Make love verb - Have sexual intercourse with.

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To love and make love are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To love" with "Make love", this phrases are similar.

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Make love and to love are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make love" instead a verb phrase "To love".

The song "To Know Him/Her Is To Love Him/Her" by Phil Spector includes the casual line "I'll make love to her/him", then obviously having the older meaning.

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Music
Must of his songs are about how he's really craving for a woman, most notably in "I Just Want To Make Love To You" and "I've Got To Love Somebody".

Source: Music / Muddy Waters

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