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Webster 1913 Edition


Create

Cre-ate′

(krē̍-āt′)
,
Adj.
[L.
creatus
, p. p. of
creare
to create; akin to Gr.
κραίνειν
to accomplish, Skr.
kṛ
to make, and to E. ending
-cracy
in
aristocracy
, also to
crescent
,
cereal
.]
Created; composed; begotten.
[Obs.]
Hearts
create
of duty and zeal.
Shakespeare

Cre-ate′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Create

CREATE

,
Verb.
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. Psalm 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. Psalm 51.
We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2.

Definition 2024


create

create

See also: creäte

English

Alternative forms

Verb

create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)

  1. (transitive) To put into existence.
    • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
      Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
    • 2013 June 8, The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. [] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
    According to the Bible, God created the universe in six days.
    You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
  2. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
      The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", [] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
    Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
  3. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
    Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
  4. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      The turmoil went onno rest, no peace. [] 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.
    A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
  5. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
    Henry VIII created him a Duke.
  6. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome).
    Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
  7. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

Related terms

Synonyms

  • (to put into existence): generate
  • (to design, invest with a new form, shape): invent

Antonyms

Translations

Adjective

create (comparative more create, superlative most create)

  1. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
    • Shakespeare
      Hearts create of duty and zeal.

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Anagrams


Italian

Verb

create

  1. second-person plural indicative present of creare
  2. second-person plural imperative of creare

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

creāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of creō

Participle

creāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of creātus