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The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony. Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. Whewell.

A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. Mrs. Browning.

a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. [WordNet 1.5]

Capable of being created. [Obs.] I. Watts.

Creative; formative. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.] There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton (1632).

ing rapidly. [Archaic] Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable. Shak.

Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] To be, both will and deed, created free. Milton.

, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.

Description; sort. [R.] "A new creature of another definition." Jer. Taylor.

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature." Shak.

According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.

Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgic power." De Quincey.

, A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon. Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon. Milton.

A resting with confidence; reliance; trust. Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.

To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.