Webster's Dictionary 1913

1108

Germinal

Ger″mi‐nal (?), a. [See Germ.] Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.Germinal layers(Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which fo...

1109

Germinal (2)

‖Ger′mi‐nal″ (?), n. [F. See Germ.] The seventh month of the French republican calendar. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.

1110

Germinal (3)

Ger″mi‐nal, a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.

1111

Germinant

Ger″mi‐nant (?), a. [L. germinans, p. pr.] Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

1112

Germinate

Ger″mi‐nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Germinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Germinating.] [L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See Germ.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot...

1113

Germinate (2)

Ger″mi‐nate, v. t. To cause to sprout. Price (1610).

1114

Germination

Ger′mi‐na″tion (?), n. [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs,...

1115

Germinative

Ger″mi‐na‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. germinatif.] Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germi...

1116

Germiparity

Ger′mi‐par″i‐ty (?), n. [Germ + L. parere to produce.] (Biol.) Reproduction by means of germs.

1117

Germless

Germ″less, a. Without germs.

1118

Germogen

Ger″mo‐gen (?), n. [Germ + -gen.] (Biol.) (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. Balfour. (b) The primitive...

1119

Germule

Germ″ule (?), n. [Dim. fr. germ.] (Biol.) A small germ.

1120

Gern

Gern (?), v. t. [See Grin.] To grin or yawn. “ gaped like a gulf when he did gern.” Spenser.

1121

Gerner

Ger″ner (?), n. A garner. Chaucer.

1122

Gerocomia

‖Ger′o‐co″mi‐a (?), n. See Gerocomy.

1123

Gerocomical

Ger′o‐com″ic‐al (?), a. Pertaining to gerocomy. Dr. John Smith.

1124

Gerocomy

Ge‐roc″o‐my (?), n. [F. gérocomie, fr. Gr. � an old man + � to take care of.] That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

1125

Gerontes

‖Ge‐ron″tes (?), n. pl.(Gr. Antiq.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

1126

Gerontocracy

Ger′on‐toc″ra‐cy (?), n. Government by old men. Gladstone.

1127

Geropigia

‖Ger′o‐pig″i‐a (?), n. [Pg. geropiga.] A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]

1128

Gerrymander

Ger′ry‐man″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gerrymandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gerrymandering.] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural a...

1129

Gerund

Ger″und (?), n. [L. gerundium, fr. gerere to bear, carry, perform. See Gest a deed, Jest.] (Lat. Gram.)1. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singul...

1130

Gerundial

Ge‐run″di‐al (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.

1131

Gerundive

Ge‐run″dive (?), a. [L. gerundivus.] Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. — n.(Lat. Gram.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i.e., to b...

1132

Gerundively

Ge‐run″dive‐ly, adv. In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.

1133

Gery

Ger″y (?), a. [See Gerful.] Changeable; fickle. Chaucer.

1134

Gesling

Ges″ling (?), n. A gosling.