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creature

CREATURE, n.

1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, &c., are the creatures of God.

2. In a restricted sense, an animal of any kind; a living being; a beast. In a more restricted sense, man. Thus we say, he was in trouble and no creature was present to aid him.

3. A human being, in contempt; as an idle creature; a poor creature; what a creature!

4. With words of endearment, it denotes a human being beloved; as a pretty creature; a sweet creature.

5. That which is produced, formed or imagined; as a creature of the imagination.

6. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; one who is made to be what he is.

Great princes thus, when favorites they raise, to justify their grace, their creatures praise.

7. A dependent; a person who is subject to the will or influence of another.


Evolution (or devolution) of this word [creature]

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CREATURE, n.

1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, &c., are the creatures of God.

2. In a restricted sense, an animal of any kind; a living being; a beast. In a more restricted sense, man. Thus we say, he was in trouble and no creature was present to aid him.

3. A human being, in contempt; as an idle creature; a poor creature; what a creature!

4. With words of endearment, it denotes a human being beloved; as a pretty creature; a sweet creature.

5. That which is produced, formed or imagined; as a creature of the imagination.

6. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; one who is made to be what he is.

Great princes thus, when favorites they raise, to justify their grace, their creatures praise.

7. A dependent; a person who is subject to the will or influence of another.

CREA'TURE, n. [Fr.]

  1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, &c., are the creatures of God.
  2. In a restricted sense, an animal of any kind; a living being; a beast. In a more restricted sense, man. Thus we say, he was in trouble, and no creature was present to aid him.
  3. A human being in contempt; as, an idle creature; a poor creature; what a creature!
  4. With words of endearment, it denotes a human being beloved; as, a pretty creature; a sweet creature.
  5. That which is produced, formed or imagined; as, a creature of the imagination.
  6. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; one who is made to be what he is. Great princes thus, when favorites they raise, / To justify their grace, their creatures praise. – Dryden.
  7. A dependent; a person who is subject to the will or influence of another.

Crea"ture
  1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

    He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
    Fuller.

    God's first creature was light.
    Bacon.

    On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
    Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
    Milton.

    And most attractive is the fair result
    Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
    Cowper.

  2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.

    The world hath not a sweeter creature.
    Shak.

  3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

    A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.
    Shak.

    Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
    Macaulay.

  4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

    Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.

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Creature

CREATURE, noun

1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, etc., are the creatures of God.

2. In a restricted sense, an animal of any kind; a living being; a beast. In a more restricted sense, man. Thus we say, he was in trouble and no creature was present to aid him.

3. A human being, in contempt; as an idle creature; a poor creature; what a creature!

4. With words of endearment, it denotes a human being beloved; as a pretty creature; a sweet creature

5. That which is produced, formed or imagined; as a creature of the imagination.

6. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; one who is made to be what he is.

Great princes thus, when favorites they raise, to justify their grace, their creatures praise.

7. A dependent; a person who is subject to the will or influence of another.

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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pupil

PU'PIL, n. [L. pupilla, dim. of pupa,pupus. See Pup.]

The apple of the eye; a little aperture in the middle of the iris and uvea of the eye, through which the rays of light pass to the crystalline humor, to be painted on the retina.

PU'PIL, n. [L. pupillus, dim. of pupa, pupus. See Pup.]

1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.

2. A ward; a youth or person under the care of a guardian.

3. In the civil law, a boy or girl under the age of puberty, that is, under 14 if a male, and under 12 if a female.

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