01 a. Created; composed; begotten.
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Created; composed; begotten.[Obs.]“Hearts create of duty and zeal.” — Shak.
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4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Create
02 v. t. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.
imp. & p. p.
Created; p. pr. & vb. n.
Creating
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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.
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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.
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To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer.