Part 2559

<h1>Cretor</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*"tor</hw> <tt>(kr?-?"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>creator</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cr<?/ateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.</def>

<blockquote>To sin's rebuke and my <b>Creater's</b> praise. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The poets and artists of Greece, who are at the same time its prophets, the <b>creators</b> of its divinities, and the revealers of its theological beliefs. <i>Caird.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creatorship</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*a"tor*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or condition of a creator.</def>

<h1>Creatress</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*a"tress</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>creatrix</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cr<?/atrice</ets>.]</ety> <def>She who creates.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Creatrix</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre*a"trix</hw> <tt>(-tr?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A creatress.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Creatural</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crea"tur*al</hw> <tt>(kr?"t?r-a]/>l; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Creature</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crea"ture</hw> <tt>(kr?"t?r; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/ature</ets>, L. <ets>creatura</ets>. See <er>Create</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.</def>

<blockquote>He asked water, a <b>creature</b> so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God's first <b>creature</b> was light. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>On earth, join, all ye <b>creatures</b>, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the <b>creature</b> of a polished mind. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; <as>as, a poor <ex>creature</ex>; a pretty <ex>creature</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The world hath not a sweeter <b>creature</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>creature</b> of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Both Charles himself and his <b>creature</b>, Laud. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Creature comforts</col>, <cd>those which minister to the comfort of the body.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cratureless</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cra"ture*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without created beings; alone.</def>