(idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.

It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of sow