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"Section C"


We know that the whole creation
groaneth.

Rom. viii. 22.


A dagger of the mind, a false creation.

Shak.


Choice pictures and creations of curious
art.

Beaconsfield.


3. The act of constituting or investing
with a new character; appointment; formation.


An Irish peer of recent creation.

Landor.


Cre*a"tion*al (-al), a.
Of or pertaining to creation.


Cre*a"tion*ism (-?z'm), 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.


Cre*a"tive (-t?v), a. Having
the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

"Creative talent." W. Irving.


The creative force exists in the germ.

Whewell.


Cre*a"tive*ness, n. The
quality of being creative.


Cre*a"tor (kr&esl;*ā"t&etilde;r),
n. [L. creator: cf. F.
créateur.


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