(n): any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
(n): an outward appearance
(n): outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
(n): an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
(n): a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
(n): the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
(n): the message that is intended or expressed or signified
(n): (of a law) having legal validity
(n): the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
(n): a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
(n): (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
(v): produce
(v): give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
(v): act so as to bring into existence
(v): perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Trip up amateur grammar nazis with its more obscure meaning.