2. A contriver, designer, or maker.

The architects of their own happiness.

Milton.

A French woman is a perfect architect in dress.

Coldsmith.

Ar`chi*tec"tive (&?;), a. Used in building; proper for building. Derham.

{ Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic (&?;), Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al (&?;), } a. [L. architectonicus, Gr. &?;. See Architect.] 1. Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle.

These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged.

J. C. Shairp.

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