GENDARMERY
GEND'ARMERY, noun [supra.] The body of gendarms.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GENDER
GEN'DER, noun [Latin genus, from geno, gigno; Gr.to beget, or to be born; Eng. kind. Gr. a woman, a wife; Sans. gena, a wife, and genaga, a father. We have begin from the same r...
GENEALOGICAL
GENEALOG'ICAL, adjective [from genealogy.]1. Pertaining to the descent of persons or families; exhibiting the succession of families from a progenitor; as a genealogical table.2...
GENEALOGIST
GENEAL'OGIST, noun He who traces descents of persons or families.
GENEALOGIZE
GENEAL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To relate the history of descents.
GENEALOGY
GENEAL'OGY, noun [Latin genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.]1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors ...
GENERABLE
GEN'ERABLE, adjective That may be engendered, begotten or produced.
GENERAL
GEN'ERAL, adjective [Latin generalis, from genus, a kind.]1. Properly, relating to a whole genus or kind; and hence, relating to a whole class or order. Thus we speak of a gener...
GENERALISSIMO
GENERALIS'SIMO, noun The chief commander of an army or military force.1. The supreme commander; sometimes a title of honor; as Alexander generalissimo of Greece.
GENERALITY
GENERAL'ITY, noun1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.2. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as the generality of a nation or o...
GENERALIZATION
GENERALIZA'TION, noun The act of extending from particulars to generals; the act of making general.
GENERALIZE
GEN'ERALIZE, verb transitive To extend from particulars or species to genera, or to whole kinds or classes; to make general, or common to a number.Copernicus generalized the cel...
GENERALLY
GEN'ERALLY, adverb In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently, but not without exceptions. A hot summer generally follows a cold winter. Men are ...
GENERALNESS
GEN'ERALNESS, noun Wide extent, though short of universality; frequency; commonness.
GENERALSHIP
GEN'ERALSHIP, noun The skill and conduct of a general officer; military skill in a commander, exhibited in the judicious arrangements of troops, or the operations of war.
GENERALTY
GEN'ERALTY, noun The whole; the totality. [Little used.]
GENERANT
GEN'ERANT, noun [Latin generans.] The power that generates; the power or principle that produces.
GENERATE
GEN'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin genero. See Gender.]1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a being similar to the parent. Every animal generates his own species.2...
GENERATED
GEN'ERATED, participle passive Begotten; engendered; procreated; produced; formed.
GENERATING
GEN'ERATING, participle present tense Begetting; procreating; producing; forming.
GENERATION
GENERA'TION, noun The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.2. A single succession in natu...
GENERATIVE
GEN'ERATIVE, adjective Having the power of generating or propagating its own species.1. Having the power of producing.2. Prolific.
GENERATOR
GEN'ERATOR, noun He or that which begets, causes or produces.1. In music, the principal sound or sounds by which others are produced. Thus the lowest C for the treble of the har...
GENERIC
GENER'ICGENER'ICAL, adjective [Latin genus.] Pertaining to a genus or kind; comprehending the genus, as distinct from species, or from another genus. A generic description is a ...
GENERICALLY
GENER'ICALLY, adverb With regard to genus; as an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals generically allied.
GENEROSITY
GENEROS'ITY, noun [Latin generositas, from genus, race, kind, with reference to birth, blood, family.]1. The quality of being generous; liberality in principle; a disposition to...
GENEROUS
GEN'EROUS, adjective [Latin generosus. See Gender.]1. Primarily, being of honorable birth or origin; hence, noble; honorable; magnanimous; applied to persons; as a generous foe;...