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.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
To be dispersed upon.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.