Definition of creature

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Creature (n.) A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

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Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Moralist :: Moralist (n.) One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.
Creaturize :: Creaturize (v. t.) To make like a creature; to degrad.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A fierce, intractable creature..
Creature :: Creature (n.) A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
Amphioxus :: Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc..
Grazer :: Grazer (n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.
Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..
Wound :: Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like..
Vegetate :: Vegetate (v. i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
Leash :: Leash (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general..
Universally :: Universally (adv.) In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures..
Subordinate :: Subordinate (v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another..
Goose :: Goose (n.) A silly creature; a simpleton.
Creaturely :: Creaturely (a.) Creatural; characteristic of a creature.
Existence :: Existence (n.) That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences..
Macedonian :: Macedonian (n.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son..
Victim :: Victim (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of..
Clod :: Clod (n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef..
Mill :: Mill (v. i.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
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