GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Poet (?), n. [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. , fr.  to make.  Cf. Poem.] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.
   
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   The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
   
   Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.
   
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   A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden.
   
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   Poet laureate. See under Laureate.
   
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