Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - create

 I. verb  (~d; creating)  Etymology: Middle English, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare; akin to Latin crescere to grow — more at crescent  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. to bring into existence God ~d the heaven and the earth — Genesis 1:1(Authorized Version)  2.  a. to invest with a new form, office, or rank was ~d a lieutenant  b. to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior her arrival ~d a terrible fuss ~ new jobs  3. cause, occasion famine ~s high food prices  4.  a. to produce through imaginative skill ~ a painting  b. design ~s dresses  intransitive verb  1. to make or bring into existence something new  2. to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball ~ off the dribble  II. adjective  Date: 15th century archaic ~d