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omnific

British  
/ ɒmˈnɪfɪk /

adjective

  1. rare creating all things

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of omnific

C17: via Medieval Latin from Latin omni- + -ficus, from facere to do

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But gazing so—so—with omnific eyes, Lift my soul upward till it touch thy feet!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Kabalah; Creation effected by the omnific letter of the, 14-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

As the drop feeds its fated flower, As finds its Alp the snowy shower, Child of the omnific Need, Hurled into life to do a deed, Man drinks the water, drinks the light.

From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is true that the rule of Fashion is almost omnific.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by George Sumner Weaver

In relation to his creations, the poet is the omnific spirit in whom they have their being.

From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson

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