Part 2557

<h1>Crease</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crease</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Creased</er> <tt>(kr?st)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Creasing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.</def>

<blockquote><b>Creased</b>, like dog's ears in a folio. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creaser</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creas"er</hw> <tt>(kr?s"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <def>A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Creasing</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creas"ing</hw> <tt>(kr?s"?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.</def>

<h1>Creasote</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"a*sote</hw> <tt>(kr?"?-s?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Creosote</er>.</def>

<h1>Creasy</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creas"y</hw> <tt>(kr?s"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of creases.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Creat</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"at</hw> <tt>(kr?"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/at</ets>, ultimateli fr. L. <ets>creatus</ets> created, begotten; cf. It. <ets>creato</ets> pupil, servant, Sp. <ets>criado</ets> a servant, client.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>An usher to a riding master.</def>

<h1>Creatable</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*at"a*ble</hw> <tt>(kr?-?"t?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be created.</def>

<h1>Create</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*ate"</hw> <tt>(kr?-?t")</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><ety>[L. <ets>creatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>creare</ets> to create; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to accomplish, Skr. <ets>k<?/</ets> to make, and to E. ending <ets>-cracy</ets> in <ets>aristocracy</ets>, also to <ets>crescent</ets>, <ets>cereal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Created; composed; begotte.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Hearts <b>create</b> of duty and zeal. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Create</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*ate"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Created</er>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Creating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.</def>

<blockquote>In the beginning, God <b>created</b> the heaven and the earth. <i>Gen. i. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.</def>

<blockquote>Your eye in Scotland Would <b>create</b> soldiers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Create</b> in me a clean heart. <i>Ps. li. 10.</i></blockquote>