[cre.ate] vb cre.at.ed ; cre.at.ing [ME, fr. L creatus, pp. of creare; akin to L crescere to grow--more at crescent] vt (14c) 1: to bring into existence "God created the heaven and the earth --Gen 1:1 (AV)"
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" "~ new jobs"
3: cause, occasion "famine ~s high food prices"
4. a: to produce through imaginative skill "~ a painting" b: design "~s dresses" ~ vi: to make or bring into existence something new
[2]create adj (15c) archaic: created