n. [ L. creatio: cf. F. cr&unr_;ation. See Create. ]
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 ]
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 ]
An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to creation. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Destruction; -- opposed to creation. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. excreatio, exscreatio. ] Act of spitting out. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby;
n. [ F. procréation, L, procreatio. ] The act of begetting; generation and production of young. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. récréation, L. recreatio. ] The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Re-create. ] A forming anew; a new creation or formation. [ 1913 Webster ]