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† oˈpificer Obs.
[f. L. opifex, opific-em + Engl. suffix -er: cf. artificer, officer.]
One who makes or constructs a work; a maker, framer, fabricator; a workman.
1548Forrest Pleas. Poesye xviii. 57 The highe Opificer sendethe not his giftes too wone pertycularlye. 1660Char. Italy 84 If you respect either Artificers or Opificers, all Nations have been benefited thereby. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 67 Considering the infinite distance betwixt the poor mortal Artist, and the Almighty Opificer. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy III. xxiv. ⁋2 So many play-wrights, and opificers of chit-chat have ever since been working upon..my uncle Toby's pattern. |