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create

\Cre*ate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Created; p. pr. & vb. n. Creating.]

1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. --Gen. i. 1.

2. To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

[Arthur McGowan]

Webster's is useless when one is using terms of art. Webster's documents the normal, non-technical meanings of words. In ontology, "to create" and "to procreate" are quite distinct concepts. No knowledgeable person pulls out the Webster's in a philosophical discussion, or a discussion of a legal term, etc.