to make history, to go down in history, to become a historical milestone, to set a precedent

(transitive with à) to be worthy of, to be a credit to, to do proud / (transitive with à) to do justice to / (transitive with à) to honour

(reciprocal) to get to know each other / (transitive with avec) to get to know, to meet, to get acquainted with, to make the acquaintance of

(of an event) to make history, to go down in history (to become a historical milestone)

(transitive with sur) to give something a miss, to forgo something

to found a school of thought, to attract a following, to find followers, to be seminal, to set a precedent, to set an example

(transitive with de) (literary) to evince, to show, to demonstrate, to display (a quality)

(literary) to make haste, to be quick, to hurry

(transitive with de) (law) to appeal / (transitive with à) to call on, to call upon, to call in; to appeal to, to make an appeal to; to use, to make use of

(transitive with à) to thwart, to foil, to stymie, to cause (something) to fail, to make (something) fail