make whole verb3 •To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.Pale the children both did look, But the guest a beaker took; "Golden wine will make you whole!" — 1882 •To repair or restore (something).Pandarus: Fair prince, here is good broken music. Paris: You have broke it, cousin: and, by my life, you shall make it whole again. — 1602 •To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.Perelman receives a government subsidy called "yield maintenance"—totaling about $406 million to date—to make him whole for carrying money-losing assets in the thrift. — 1991 formsmade whole · making whole · makes whole