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poet

po.et \'po--*t\ n [ME, fr. OF poete, fr. L poeta, fr. Gk poie-te-s maker,] 
   poet, fr. poiein to make, create; akin to Skt cinoti he heaps up 1: one who 
   writes poetry  2: a creative artist of great imaginative and expressive 
   gifts and special  sensitivity to his medium