architect
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From Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitekton), “‘master builder’”) < ἀρχι- (“‘chief’”) + τέκτων (“‘builder’”)
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architect (plural architects)
- A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
- A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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a designer of buildings
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a planner
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to architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)
- (transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.
- He architected the military coup against the government.
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to design, plan or orchestrate
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