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AccretionAccretion Ac*cre"tion, n. [L. accretio, fr. accrescere to
increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue.]
1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase
of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts;
organic growth. --Arbuthnot.
2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an
accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as,
an accretion of earth.
A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by
accretion. --Owen.
To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a
later accretion. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the
accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the
fingers toes. --Dana.
5. (Law)
(a) The adhering of property to something else, by which
the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to
another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of
sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual
recession of the water from the usual watermark.
(b) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the
same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to
take his share. --Wharton. Kent. Accretive
Accretive Ac*cre"tive, a.
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
--Glanvill.
Cistus CreticusRockrose Rock"rose`, n. (Bot.)
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low
shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European
H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. ConcretingConcrete Con*crete", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr &
vb. n. Concreting.]
To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or
solid body.
Note: Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to
indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard
body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal,
thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of
blood. ``The blood of some who died of the plague could
not be made to concrete.' --Arbuthnot. Concretion
Concretion Con*cre"tion, n. [L. concretio.]
1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of
becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass;
solidification.
Concretional
Concretional Con*cre"tion*al, a.
Concretionary.
Concretionary
Concretionary Con*cre"tion*a*ry, a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation;
producing or containing concretions.
Concretive
Concretive Con*cre"tive, a.
Promoting concretion. --Sir T. Browne.
Concretively
Concretively Con*cre"tive*ly, adv.
In a concrete manner.
CretianCretian Cre"tian (kr[=e]"shan), a. & n.
See Cretan. Cretic
Cretic Cre"tic (kr[=e]"t[i^]k), n. [L. Creticus (sc. pes
foot), Gr. Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan
(metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two
long ones (- [crescent] -). --Bentley.
Cretinous
Cretinous Cre"tin*ous (-[u^]s), a.
Having the characteristics of a cretin. ``Cretinous
stupefaction.' --Ruskin.
DecretionDecretion De*cre"tion, n. [From L. decrescere, decretum. See
Decrease.]
A decrease. [Obs.] --Pearson. DecretiveDecretive De*cre"tive, a. [From L. decretum. See Decree, n.]
Having the force of a decree; determining.
The will of God is either decretive or perceptive.
--Bates. DiscretiveDiscretive Dis*cre"tive, a. [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses
distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of
discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as,
travelers change their climate, but not their temper. Discretive propositionDiscretive Dis*cre"tive, a. [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses
distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of
discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as,
travelers change their climate, but not their temper. Discretively
Discretively Dis*cre"tive*ly, adv.
In a discretive manner.
ExcretinExcretin Ex"cre*tin, n. [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.)
A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity
in human f[ae]ces. ExcretingExcrete Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Excreting.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift
out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See
Crisis.]
To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. ``The mucus thus
excreted.' --Hooper. Excretive
Excretive Ex*cre"tive, a.
Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
--Harvey.
F CreticaThorny Thorn"y, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing. ``The thorny point of
bare distress.' --Shak.
The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F.
Cretica, etc.). foot secretionSclerobase Scler"o*base (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
ba`sis base.] (Zo["o]l.)
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot
secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and
C[oe]nenchyma. -- Scler`o*ba"sic, a. Gouty concretionsGouty Gout"y, a.
1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty
person; a gouty joint.
2. Pertaining to the gout. ``Gouty matter.' --Blackmore.
3. Swollen, as if from gout. --Derham.
4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease
during the progress of gout.
Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the
joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.
Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of
gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of
urate of sodium. Hypersecretion
Hypersecretion Hy`per*se*cre"tion, n. (Med.)
Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.
Paralytic secretionParalytic Par`a*lyt"ic, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
paralytique.]
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin
and watery, secreted from a gland after section or
paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva. Secretist
Secretist Se"cret*ist, n.
A dealer in secrets. [Obs.]
Secretitious
Secretitious Se`cre*ti"tious, a.
Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors.
--Floyer.
Secretive
Secretive Se*cret"ive, a.
Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a
secretive disposition.
Secretiveness
Secretiveness Se*cret"ive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to
conceal.
2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which impels to
reserve, secrecy, or concealment.
Syncretic
Syncretic Syn*cret"ic, a.
Uniting and blending together different systems, as of
philosophy, morals, or religion. --Smart.
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Donato Creti (1671–1749), Italian...
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Donato Creti (24
February 1671 – 31
January 1749) was an
Italian painter of the
Rococo period,
active mostly in Bologna. Born in Cremona, he
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Marcello Creti (16
April 1922, in Rome – 1
January 2000, in Sutri) was an
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Vasco Creti (7
December 1874 – 16
October 1945) was an
Italian stage and film actor. He
appeared in more than 110
films between 1915 and 1944. He was...
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century CE)
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