To make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.
To cause.
To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.