To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
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 bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.