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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREATE, v.t. [L.]
1. To produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1.
2. To make or form, by investing with a new character; as, to create one a peer or baron; to create a manor.
I create you companions to our person.
3. To produce; to cause; to be the occasion of.
Your eye in Scotland would create soldiers, and make women fight.
Long abstinence creates uneasiness in the stomach; confusion is created by hurry.
4. To beget; to generate; to bring forth.
The people which shall be created, shall praise the Lord. Psalms 102.
5. To make or produce, by new combinations of matter already created, and by investing these combinations with new forms, constitutions and qualities; to shape and organize.
God created man in his own image. Genesis 1.
6. To form anew; to change the state or character; to renew.
Create in me a clean heart. Psalms 51.
We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create]
2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating"
4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"
5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make]
6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (created; creating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare; akin to Latin crescere to grow — more at crescent Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to bring into existence <God created the heaven and the earth — Genesis
1:1(Authorized Version)> 2. a. to invest with a new form, office, or rank <was created a lieutenant> b. to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior <her arrival created a terrible fuss> <create new jobs> 3. cause, occasion <famine creates high food prices> 4. a. to produce through imaginative skill <create a painting> b. design <creates dresses> intransitive verb 1. to make or bring into existence something new 2. to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball <create off the dribble> II. adjective Date: 15th century archaic created

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Create Cre*ate" (kr[-e]*[=a]t"), a.[L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. krai`nein to accomplish, Skr. k[.r] to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, cereal.] Created; composed; begotten. [Obs.] Hearts create of duty and zeal. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Create Cre*ate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Created; p. pr. & vb. n. Creating.] 1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. --Gen. i. 1. 2. To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew. Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. --Shak. Create in me a clean heart. --Ps. li. 10. 3. To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. ``I create you companions to our person.'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(creates, creating, created) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To create something means to cause it to happen or exist. We set business free to create more jobs in Britain... Criticizing will only destroy a relationship and create feelings of failure. = produce ? destroy VERB: V n, V n • creation These businesses stimulate the creation of local jobs... N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 2. When someone creates a new product or process, they invent it or design it. It is really great for a radio producer to create a show like this... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Originate, bring into being, call into existence. 2. Produce, cause, occasion, be the occasion of. 3. Make, appoint, constitute.

Moby Thesaurus

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