<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to begin to grow or develop.</li><li>Botany: to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.</li><li>to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.</li><li>to come into existence; begin.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to cause to develop; produce.</li><li>to cause to come into existence; create.</li></ul>