Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 145
Creamcake (n.) (Cookery) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.
Cream-colored (a.) Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." -- Hazlitt.
Cream-colored (a.) Having the color of fresh cream [syn: cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white].
Creameries (n. pl. ) of Creamery.
Creamery (n.) A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.
Creamery (n.) A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.
Creamery (n.) An establishment where cream is sold.
Creamery (n.) A workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold.
Cream-faced (a.) White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
Thou cream-faced loon. -- Shak.
Cream-fruit (n.) (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
Creaminess (n.) The quality of being creamy.
Creaminess (n.) The property of having the thickness of heavy cream [syn: creaminess, soupiness].
Cream laid, () See under Laid.
Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.
Cream-white (a.) As white as cream.
Creamy (a.) Full of, or
containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste;
creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowls." -- Collins. "Lines of
creamy spray." -- Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." --
Beau. & Fl.
Compare: Colorful
Colorful (a.) Having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled].
Syn: colourful.
Colorful (a.) Striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque].
Colorful (a.) Having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn, reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful, blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary, canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored, earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green, dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender, lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel, brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey, honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
Creamy (a.) Of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles."
Creamy (a.) Thick like cream.
Creance (n.) Faith; belief; creed. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Creance (n.) (Falconry) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.
Creance (v. i. & t.) To get on credit; to borrow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Creance. This is a French word, which, in its extensive sense, signifies claim; in a narrower sense it means a debt. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1040, note.
Creant (a.) Creative; formative. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.
Creased (imp. & p. p.) of Crease.
Creasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crease.
Crease (v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. -- Gray.
Crease (n.) See Creese. -- Tennyson.
Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
Crease (n.) (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
Crease (n.) (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; -- called also goal crease.
Bowling crease (Cricket), A line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets.
Return crease (Cricket), A short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler.
Popping crease (Cricket) A line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. -- J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).
Crease (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]
From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. -- Julian Hawthorne.
Crease (n.) An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend].
Crease (n.) A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line].
Crease (n.) A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease].
Crease (v.) Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp].
Crease (v.) Make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease].
Crease (v.) Scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake].
Crease (v.) Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle].
Compare: Fuller
Fuller (n.) (Blacksmith's Work) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.
Creaser (n.) A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.
Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.
Creaser (n.) (Bookbinding) A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. -- Knight.
Creasing (n.) (Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. -- Knight.
Creasote (n.) See Creosote.
Creasy (a.) Full of creases. -- Tennyson.
Creat (n.) (Man.) An usher to a riding master.
Creatable (a.) That may be created.
Create (a.) Created; composed; begotten. [Obs.]
Hearts create of duty and zeal. -- Shak.
Created (imp. & p. p.) of Create.
Creating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Create.
Create (v. t.) 創造，創作；產生，製造；造成，引起 To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. -- Gen. i. 1.
Create (v. t.) To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.
Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. -- Shak.
Create in me a clean heart. -- Ps. li. 10.
Create (v. t.) To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. "I create you companions to our person." -- Shak.
Create (v.) Make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: {make}, {create}].
Create (v.) Bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting".
Create (v.) Pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating."
Create (v.) Invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer."
Create (v.) Create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: {create}, {make}].
Create (v.) Create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: {produce}, {make}, {create}].
Creatic (a.) Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. [Written also kreatic.]
Creatin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. [Written also kreatine.]
Creatin (n.) An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction [syn: creatine, creatin].
Creatinin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]
Creation (n.) 創造；創作；創立 [U]；世界，宇宙，萬物 [U]；創作品；（想像力的）產物；時裝 [C]；（大寫）（上帝的）創造宇宙 [the S] The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.
From the creation to the general doom. -- Shak.
As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation. -- Locke.
Creation (n.) That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.
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.
Creation (n.) The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.
Creational (a.) Of or pertaining to creation.
An Irish peer of recent creation. -- Landor.
Creation (n.) The human act of creating [syn: creation, creative activity].
Creation (n.) An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone.
Creation (n.) The event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn: creation, conception].
Creation (n.) The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration].
Creation (n.) (Theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence.
Creation (n.) Everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm].
Creation, () "In the beginning" God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for infinitely wise reasons. The cause of all things exists only in the will of God. The work of creation is attributed (1) to the Godhead (Gen. 1:1, 26); (2) to the Father (1 Cor. 8:6); (3) to the Son (John 1:3; Col. 1:16, 17); (4) to the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30). The fact that he is the Creator distinguishes Jehovah as the true God (Isa. 37:16; 40:12, 13; 54:5; Ps. 96:5; Jer. 10:11, 12). The one great end in the work of creation is the manifestation of the glory of the Creator (Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11; Rom. 11:36). God's works, equally with God's word, are a revelation from him; and between the teachings of the one and those of the other, when rightly understood, there can be no contradiction.
Traditions of the creation, disfigured by corruptions, are found among the records of ancient Eastern nations. (See ACCAD.) A peculiar interest belongs to the traditions of the Accadians, the primitive inhabitants of the plains of Lower Mesopotamia. These within the last few years have been brought to light in the tablets and cylinders which have been rescued from the long-buried palaces and temples of Assyria. They bear a remarkable resemblance to the record of Genesis.
Creationism (n.) 【生】特別創造說；上帝創造人類靈魂說 The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
Creationism (n.) The literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species."
Creationism (n.) The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user population ? and that the first try at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are generally ignored.
Creationism, () The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user population - and that the first try at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are generally ignored. [{Jargon File]
Creative (a.) 創造的；創造性的；有創造力（或想像力）的；啟發想像力的 Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. "Creative talent." -- W. Irving.
The creative force exists in the germ. -- Whewell.
Creative (a.) Having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" [syn: {creative}, {originative}] [ant: {uncreative}].
Creative (a.) Promoting construction or creation; "creative work."
Creativeness (n.) 創造性；創造力[U] The quality of being creative.
Creativeness (n.) The ability to create [syn: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking] [ant: uncreativeness].
Creator (n.) 造物主；創造者；造物者 One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.
To sin's rebuke and my Creater's praise. -- Shak.
The poets and artists of Greece, who are at the same time its prophets, the creators of its divinities, and the revealers of its theological beliefs. -- Caird.
Creator (n.) Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: {Godhead}, {Lord}, {Creator}, {Maker}, {Divine}, {God Almighty}, {Almighty}, {Jehovah}].
Creator (n.) A person who grows or makes or invents things.
Creatorship (n.) State or condition of a creator.
Creatress (n.) She who creates. -- Spenser.
Creatrix (n.) [L.] A creatress. [R.]
Creatural (a.) Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature. [R.]
Creature (n.) [C] 生物；動物；家畜 Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. -- Fuller.
God's first creature was light. -- Bacon.
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. -- Milton.
And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. -- Cowper.
Creature (n.) A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
The world hath not a sweeter creature. -- Shak.
Creature (n.) A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. -- Shak.
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. -- Macaulay.
Creature (n.) A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
{Creature comforts}, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
Creature (n.) A living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: {animal}, {animate being}, {beast}, {brute}, {creature}, {fauna}].
Creature (n.) A human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: {creature}, {wight}].
Creature (n.) A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: {creature}, {tool}, {puppet}].
Creature (n.) Denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22.
The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.
Creatureless (a.) Without created beings; alone.
God was alone And creatureless at first. -- Donne.
Creaturely (a.) Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] "Creaturely faculties." -- Cheyne.
Creatureship (n.) The condition of being a creature.
Creaturize (v. t.) To make like a creature; to degrade. [Obs.]
Degrade and creaturize that mundane soul. -- Cudworth.
Creaze (n.) (Mining) The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.
Crebricostate (a.) (Zool.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
Crebrisulcate (a.) (Zool.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.
Crebritude (n.) Frequency. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Crebrous (a.) Frequent; numerous. [Obs.] -- Goodwin.
Creche (n.) [F.]【宗】基督誕生塑像造型；育嬰堂 A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.
Creche (n.) [F.] A day-care center for young children.
Creche (n.) [F.] A three-dimensional model of the scene described in the Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three wise men; -- also called a {Nativity scene}. The figures in the scene are typically made as individual statues or figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.
Creche (n.) [F.] (Biol.) A nest where the young of several animals are cared for in a communal fashion.
Creche (n.) A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for [syn: {creche}, {foundling hospital}].
Creche (n.) A representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem.
Credence (v. t.) To give credence to; to believe. [Obs.]
Credence (n.) Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
To give credence to the Scripture miracles. -- Trench.
An assertion which might easily find credence. -- Macaulay.
Credence (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
Credence (n.) (Eccl.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.
Credence (n.) The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence, acceptance].
Credence (n.) A kind of sideboard
or buffet [syn: credenza, credence].
Credenda (n. pl. ) of Credendum.
Credendum (n.) (Theol.) A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.
The great articles and credenda of Christianity. -- South.
Credent (a.) Believing; giving credence; credulous. [R.]
If with too credent ear you list songs. -- Shak.
Credent (a.) Having credit or authority; credible. [Obs.]
For my authority bears of a credent bulk. -- Shak.
Credential (a.) Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
Their credential letters on both sides. -- Camden.
Credential (n.) （常複數）國書；憑據；證書 That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
Credential (n.) pl. Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. -- Whitelocke.
Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. -- Addison.
Credential (n.) A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: {certificate}, {certification}, {credential}, {credentials}].
Credibility (n.) The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
Credibility (n.) The quality of being believable or trustworthy [syn: credibility, credibleness, believability] [ant: incredibility, incredibleness].
Credibility. () Worthiness of belief. To entitle a witness to credibility, he must be competent. Vide Competency.
Credibility. () Human testimony can seldom acquire the certainty of demonstration.
Witnesses not unfrequently are mistaken or wish to deceive; the most that can be expected is that moral certainty which arises from analogy. The credibility which is attached to such testimony, arises. from the double presumption that the witnesses have good sense and intelligence, and that they are not mistaken nor deceived; they are further presumed to have probity, and that they do not wish to deceive.
Credibility. () To gain credibility, we must be assured, first, that the witness has not been mistaken nor deceived. To be assured as far as possible on this subject, it is proper to consider the nature and quality of the facts proved; the quality and person of the witness; the testimony in itself; and to compare it with the depositions of other witnesses on the subject, and with known facts. Secondly, we must be satisfied that he does not wish to deceive: there are strong assurances of this, when the witness is under oath, is a man of integrity, and disinterested. Vide Arch. Civ. Pl. 444; 5 Com. Dig. 449; 8 Watts, R. 227; Competency.
Credible (a.) Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
Things are made credible either by the known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves. -- Hooker.
A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible. -- Dampier.
Credible (a.) Capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information" [syn: credible, believable] [ant: incredible, unbelievable].
Credible (a.) (A common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he expected."
Credible (a.) Appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness."
Credibleness (n.) The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility. [R.] -- Boyle.
Credibleness (n.) The quality of being believable or trustworthy [syn: credibility, credibleness, believability] [ant: incredibility, incredibleness].
Credibly (adv.) In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
Credibly (adv.) Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably].
Credit (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit unto them, nor received them. -- 1 Macc. x. 46.
Credit (n.) Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. -- Cowper.
Credit (n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. -- Hooker.
Credit (n.) That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. -- Pope.
Credit (n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. -- Clarendon.
Credit (n.) (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.
Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. -- Locke.
Credit (n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
Credit (n.) (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
Bank credit, or Cash credit. See under Cash.
Bill of credit. See under Bill.
Letter of credit, A letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a circular letter of credit.
Public credit. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its pecuniary engagements.
Public credit. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community.
He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. -- D. Webster.
Credited (imp. & p. p.) of Credit.
Crediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Credit.
Credit (v. t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? -- Shak.
Credit (v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. -- South.
Credit (v. t.) (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
To credit with, To give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one.
Crove,
Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear
enunciation of this doctrine. -- Newman.
Credit (n.) Approval; "give her recognition for
trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her
credit for trying" [syn: recognition, credit].
Credit (n.) Money available for a client to borrow.
Credit (n.) An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items [syn: credit, credit entry] [ant: debit, debit entry].
Credit (n.) Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit."
Credit (n.) Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services [syn: credit, deferred payment] [ant: cash, immediate payment].
Credit (n.) Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours [syn: credit, course credit].
Credit (n.) A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation].
Credit (n.) An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film."
Credit (n.) An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments [syn: credit rating, credit].
Credit (v.) Give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs."
Credit (v.) Ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" [syn: accredit, credit].
Credit (v.) Accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100" [ant: debit].
Credit (v.) Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of.
Credit. () Common law, contracts. The ability to borrow, on the opinion conceived by the lender that he will be repaid. This definition includes the effect and the immediate cause of credit. The debt due in consequence of such a contract is also called a credit; as, administrator of an the goods, chattels, effects and credits, &c.
Credit. () The time extended for the payment of goods sold, is also called a credit; as, the goods were sold at six months credit.
Credit. () In commercial law, credit is understood as opposed to debit; credit is what is due to a merchant, debit, what is due by him.
Credit. () According to M. Duvergier, credit also signifies that influence acquired by intrigue connected with certain social positions. 20 Toull. n. 19. This last species of credit is not, of such value as to be the object of commerce. Vide generally, 5 Taunt. R. 338.
Creditable (a.) Worthy of belief. [Obs.]
Divers creditable witnesses deposed. -- Ludlow.
Creditable (a.) Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.
This gentleman was born of creditable parents. -- Goldsmith.
Creditable (a.) Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. --Macaulay.
He settled him in a good creditable way of living. -- Arbuthnot.
Creditable (a.) Worthy of often limited commendation; "the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding -- was creditable."
Creditableness (n.) The quality of being creditable.
Creditably (adv.) In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
Creditably (adv.) To a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well for his age" [syn: respectably, creditably].