to provide an example, model, or sample; or to provide a good example for others; to provide material to the one who writes or registers; or, to indicate or give an example (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
machiomaca. nite. (pret. onitemachiomacac.) dar muestra, o dechado para sacar del, o dar a otros buen exemplo.
machiomaca. nite. (pret. onitemachiomacac.) confirmar el obispo, dar materia al que escriue, empadronar, señalar o dar exemplo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.