A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
To limit or restrict, keep in check.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.