Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GENEROUSLY

GEN'EROUSLY, adverb Honorable; not meanly.1. Nobly; magnanimously.2. Liberally; munificently.

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GENEROUSNESS

GEN'EROUSNESS, noun The quality of being generous; magnanimity; nobleness of mind.1. Liberality; munificence; generosity.

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GENESIS

GEN'ESIS, noun [See Gender.]1. The first book of the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament, containing the history of the creation, of the apostasy of man, of the deluge, and o...

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GENET

GEN'ET, noun A small-sized, well-proportioned Spanish horse.1. An animal of the weasel kind, less than the martin.

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GENETHLIAC

GENETH'LIAC, adjective [Gr. to be born.]Pertaining to nativities as calculated by astrologers; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. [Little used.]

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GENETHLIACAL

GENETHLI'ACALGENETH'LIACS, noun The science of calculating nativities or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at the birth of persons. [Little used.]

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GENETHLIACS

GENETH'LIACS, n. The science of calculating nativities or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at the birth of persons. [Little used.]

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GENETHLIATIC

GENETHLIAT'IC, noun He who calculates nativities. [Little used.]

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GENEVA

GENE'VA, noun A spirit distilled from grain or malt, with the addition of juniper berries. But instead of these berries, the spirit is now flavored with the oil of turpentine. T...

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GENEVANISM

GENE'VANISM, noun [from Geneva, where Calvin resided.] Calvinism.

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GENEVOIS

GENEVOIS, nounplural jeneva'y. People of Geneva.

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GENIAL

GE'NIAL, adjective [Latin genialis, from geno, gigno,]1. Contributing to propagation or production; that causes to produce.Creator, Venus, genial power of love.2. Gay; merry.3. ...

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GENIALLY

GE'NIALLY, adverb By genius or nature; naturally. [Little used.]1. Gayly; cheerfully.

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GENICULATED

GENIC'ULATED, adjective [Latin geniculatus, from geniculum, a knot or joint, from the root of genu, the knee. See Knee.]Kneed; knee-jointed; having joints like the knee a little...

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GENICULATION

GENICULA'TION, noun Knottiness; the state of having knots or joints like a knee.

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GENII

GE'NII, noun [Latin plural] A sort of imaginary intermediate beings between men and angels; some good and some bad.

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GENIO

GE'NIO, noun [Latin genius.] A man of a particular turn of mind.

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GENITAL

GEN'ITAL, adjective [Latin genitalis, from the root of gigno; Gr. to beget.]Pertaining to generation or the act of begetting.

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GENITALS

GEN'ITALS, nounplural The parts of an animal which are the immediate instruments of generation.

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GENITING

GEN'ITING, noun A species of apple that ripens very early.

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GENITIVE

GEN'ITIVE, adjective [Latin genitivus, from the root of gender.]In grammar, an epithet given to a case in the declension of nouns, expressing primarily the thing from which some...

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GENITOR

GEN'ITOR, noun One who procreates; a sire; a father.

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GENITURE

GEN'ITURE, noun Generation; procreation; birth.

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GENIUS

GE'NIUS, noun [Latin from the root of gigno; Gr. to beget.]1. Among the ancients, a good or evil spirit or demon supposed to preside over a man's destiny in life, that is, to di...

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GENT

GENT, adjective Elegant; pretty; gentle. [Not in use.]

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GENTEEL

GENTEE'L, adjective [Latin gentilis, from gens, race, stock, family, and with the sense of noble or at least respectable birth, as we use birth and family.]1. Polite; well bred;...

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GENTEELLY

GENTEE'LLY, adverb Politely; gracefully; elegantly; in the manner of well bred people.