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Something which creates or whets an appetite.

ve; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.]

be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n.

Jer. Taylor. The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. Smollett. The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. Gibbon.

a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount. (b) pl.

The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens. H. Spencer.

Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.] In am so atmospherical a creature. Pope. Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. -- Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator car…

o, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.

he beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.

the Evelyn. Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat. Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. Drayton.

obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. Must I new bars to my own joy create Dryden.

The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A stroke; a blow. He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. Dryden.

A beef; a beef creature. They would knock down the first beeve they met with. W. Irving.

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. Milton.

e foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. Locke.

; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant. Creator bounteous and benign. Milton.

exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.