Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun He (a person named) made it: a word commonly inscribed on a work of art, as a statue, etc., along with the name of the maker or designer: as, Stradivarius fecit (Stradivarius made it).
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Examples
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He was very angry, and, seizing a pencil, wrote upon it, "_Tizianus fecit fecit_" -- meaning to say by this, "Truly, Titian did this!"
A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875
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De sua pecunia fecit or "Done with his own money."
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May I take this opportunity to wish all NLM readers a very happy and blessed Easter, in the words of the EF Martyrology: Hac die, quam fecit Dominus, Solemnitas solemnitatum, et Pascha nostrum: Resurrectio Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi secundum carnem.
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Where the bark is peeling off one branch on the figure's head, the picture is inscribed "Arcimboldo F," short for the Latin "Arcimboldo fecit" -- "Made by Arcimboldo" -- which was how he signed other paintings.
Arcimboldo's 'Four Seasons' will join National Gallery of Art collection 2010
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Beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna Qui potens est.
Beatam Me Dicent bls 2009
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Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius, et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum.
Archive 2009-06-01 bls 2009
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Beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna Qui potens est.
Archive 2009-08-01 bls 2009
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The derivation is “Akhá” = fastidire fecit, causing disinclination for food, the Matambre (kill — hunger) of the Iberians.
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Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate.
Archive 2008-09-07 papabear 2008
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Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate.
Jonah 4 papabear 2008
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