(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. / (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

(astronomy) The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂ / (Roman mythology) The Roman god of war. / (poetic) War; a personification of war.

(Britain) Alternative spelling of touch-tone dialing

(physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation. / (physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance.