To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
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.
To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
To give rise to.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To provide with a father.
To adopt as one's own.
To be a father to; to sire.
The founder of a discipline or science.
A member of a church council.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
Something inanimate that begets.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.