Sentence:  Then there are a pair of old biddies played by Grace Carney and Sibly Bowan who may be right off the shelf of stock Irish characters , but they <WSD>put</WSD> such a combination of good will and malevolence into their parts that they 're quite entertaining . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation