Creation

Creation
Creation Cre*a"tion (kr?-A"sh?n), n. [L. creatio: cf. F. cr?ation. See {Create}.] 1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. [1913 Webster]

From the creation to the general doom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. [1913 Webster]

We know that the whole creation groaneth. --Rom. viii. 22. [1913 Webster]

A dagger of the mind, a false creation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Choice pictures and creations of curious art. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]

3. The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. [1913 Webster]

An Irish peer of recent creation. --Landor. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Creation — • Like other words of the same ending, the term creation signifies both an action and the object or effect thereof. Thus, in the latter sense, we speak of the kingdoms of creation , the whole creation , and so on Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • creation — UK US /kriˈeɪʃən/ noun [U, C] ► the act or process of making, producing, or building something, or something that has been made, built, or produced: »the creation of wealth »Some local people are protesting at the creation of a national park in… …   Financial and business terms

  • creation —     Creation refers either to (1) the act by which God brought the contingent universe into being, or (2) the product of that initial act. Christians have long confessed that this creative act was not from a pre existent plenum but rather ex… …   Christian Philosophy

  • création — CRÉATION. subs. fém. Action par laquelle Dieu crée. La création du monde. La création de l homme. [b]f♛/b] Il se prend aussi figurément pour Un nouvel établissement d Offices, de Charges, de rentes, etc. On a fait de nouvelles créations d Offices …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • creation — Creation. s. f. v. Action par laquelle Dieu crée. La creation du monde. la creation de l homme. Il se prend aussi fig. pour Un nouvel establissement d Offices, de Charges, de rentes &c. On a fait de nouvelles creations d Offices. Edit portant… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Creation — Creation, das englische Wort für Schöpfung, steht für: The Creation, eine englische Musikgruppe der 1960er Jahre einen Film, der als Vorbild für King Kong gilt, siehe Creation (1931) einen Film, von Jon Amiel über Charles Darwin, siehe Creation… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • creation — late 14c., action of creating, a created thing, from O.Fr. creacion (14c., Mod.Fr. création) creation, coming into being, from L. creationem (nom. creatio) a creating, a producing, in classical use an electing, appointment, choice, noun of action …   Etymology dictionary

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