created

verb

(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

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.

(especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

(transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.

(transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.

(intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

(transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.

(UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

adjective

(obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.

Roots

creocre- · Latin · create, make

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