Webster's Dictionary 1913

9127

Creance

Cre″ance (krē″ans), n. [F. créance, lit., credence, fr. L. credere to trust. See Credence.] 1. Faith; belief; creed. Chaucer.2. (Falconry) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk...

9128

Creance (2)

Cre″ance (krē″ans), v. i. & t. To get on credit; to borrow. Chaucer.

9129

Creant

Cre″ant (krē″ant), a. [L. creans, p. pr. of creare to create.] Creative; formative. Mrs. Browning.

9130

Crease

Crease (krēs), n. See Creese. Tennyson.

9131

Crease (2)

Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kräusen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, f...

9132

Crease (3)

Crease, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Creased (kr?st); p. pr. & vb. n.Creasing.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.Creased, like dog's ears in a folio.Gray.

9133

Crease (4)

Crease (?), n.(Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unles...

9134

Creaser

Creas″er (kr?s″?r), n. 1. A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.2. A tool for making creases or beads, as ...

9135

Creasing

Creas″ing (krēs″ĭng), n.(Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. Knight.

9136

Creasote

Cre″a‐sote (krē″ȧ‐sōt), n. See Creosote.

9137

Creasy

Creas″y (kr?s″?), a. Full of creases. Tennyson.

9138

Creat

Cre″at (krē″ăt), n. [F. créat, ultimately fr. L. creatus created, begotten; cf. It. creato pupil, servant, Sp. criado a servant, client.] (Man.) An usher to a riding master.

9139

Creatable

Cre‐at″a‐ble (kr?–?″t?–b'l), a. That may be created.

9140

Create

Cre‐ate″ (krē̍‐āt″), a. [L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. κραίνειν to accomplish, Skr. kṛ to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, ce...

9141

Create (2)

Cre‐ate″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Created; p. pr. & vb. n.Creating.] 1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.In the beginning, God created the heaven and th...

9142

Creatic

Cre‐at″ic (kr?–?t″?k), a. Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. [Written also kreatic.]

9143

Creatin

Cre″a‐tin (kr?″?–t?n), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. [Written also kreatine.]

9144

Creatinin

Cre‐at″i‐nin (kr?–?t″?–n?n), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the...

9145

Creation

Cre‐a″tion (kr?–A″sh?n), n. [L. creatio: cf. F. cr�ation. SeeCreate.] 1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world in...

9146

Creational

Cre‐a″tion‐al (–al), a. Of or pertaining to creation.

9147

Creationism

Cre‐a″tion‐ism (–?z'm), n. The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; — opposed to traducianism.

9148

Creative

Cre‐a″tive (–t?v), a. Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. “Creative talent.” W. Irving.The creative force exists in the germ.Whewell.

9149

Creativeness

Cre‐a″tive‐ness, n. The quality of being creative.

9150

Creator

Cre‐a″tor (krē̍‐ā″tẽr), n. [L. creator: cf. F. créateur.] One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.To sin's rebuke and my Creater's praise.Shak...

9151

Creatorship

Cre‐a″tor‐ship, n. State or condition of a creator.

9152

Creatress

Cre‐a″tress, n. [L. creatrix: cf. F. créatrice.] She who creates. Spenser.

9153

Creatrix

‖Cre‐a″trix (–tr?ks), n. A creatress.