create
(especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
The turmoil went onβno rest, no peace. [β¦] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
(UK, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
(obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
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