Part 611

<blockquote>The <b>architects</b> of their own happiness. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A French woman is a perfect <b>architect</b> in dress. <i>Coldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Architective</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`chi*tec"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Used in building; proper for building.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Architectonic, Architectonical</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw><hw>Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>architectonicus</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Architect</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.</def> "<i>Architectonic</i> wisdom."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<blockquote>These <b>architectonic</b> functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.</def>

<h1>Architectonic</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>architectonique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science of architecture.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of arranging knowledge into a system.</def>

<h1>Architectonics</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`chi*tec*ton"ics</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of architecture.</def>

<h1>Architector</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chi*tec`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An architect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>North.</i>

<h1>Architectress</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chi*tec`tress</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female architect.</def>

<h1>Architectural</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`chi*tec"tur*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Architecture</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chi*tec`ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>architectura</ets>, fr. <ets>architectus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>architecture</ets>. See <er>Architect</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called <i>civil architecture</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Many other <b>architectures</b> besides Gothic. <i>Ruskin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>architecture</b> of grasses, plants, and trees. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine <b>architecture</b>. <i>Burnet.</i></blockquote>