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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gĕm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 563A doubling; duplication; repetition. [Obs.] Boyle.Gēm'i-nī, n. pl. p. 563(Astron.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 25th of May.Gĕm'i-noŭs, a. p. 563Double; in pairs. Browne.Gĕm'i-ny, n. p. 563Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.Gĕm'ma, n. p. 563(Bot.) A leaf-bud, as distinguished from a flower-bud.Gem-mā'ceous, a. p. 563Pertaining to gems or leaf-buds; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.Gĕm'ma-ry, a. p. 563Pertaining to, or resembling, gems or jewels. [Obs.] The principal and gemmary affection is its tralucency. Browne.Gĕm'ma-ry, n. p. 563A receptacle for jewels. [Obs.]Gĕm'mate, a. p. 563Having buds; reproducing by buds.Gĕm'ma-ted, a. p. 563Adorned with gems or jewels.Gem-mā'tion, n. p. 563(Nat. Hist.) The formation of a new individual by the protrusion of any part of an animal or plant, which may then become free or remain connected with the parent stalk; budding; gemmiparity. 2.…Gĕm'me-ōŭs, a. p. 563Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems. Pennant.Gem-mif'er-ōŭs, a. p. 563Producing gems or buds; multiplying by buds.Gĕm'mi-ness, n. p. 563The state of being gemmy.Gĕm'mi-pār'i-ty, n. p. 563(Zoöl.) The faculty of reproducing by buds, as in polyps and some other animals. The buds may either remain attached to the parent animal, or may separate into distinct animals. Dana.Gem-mip'a-rous, a. p. 563Producing buds; reproducing by buds.Gem-mŏs'i-ty, n. p. 563The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.] Bailey.Gĕm'mūle, n. p. 563(Bot.) (a.) A little leaf-bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b.) One of the buds of mosses. (c.) One of the reproductive spores of Algae.Gĕm'mu-lif'er-ous, a. p. 563Bearing gemmules.Gĕm'my, a. p. 563Full of gems; bright; glittering. “The gemmy bridle glittered free.” Tennyson. 2. Sparkling like a gem. Thomson.Ge-mōte', n. p. 563A meeting. [Obs.]Gĕms'bŏk, n. p. 563(Zoöl.) A species of the antelope found in South Africa, having somewhat the appearance of a horse, with long, straight horns.Gendarme, n. p. 563D’ARMES or GEN-DARMES p. 563(Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France.] 2. An armed policeman. [France.]Gen-därm'er-y, n. p. 563The body of gens d'armes. Hume.Gĕn'der, n. p. 563Kind; sort. [Obs.] “One gender of herbs.” Shak. 2. Sex, male or female. 3. (Gram.) A difference in words to express distinction of sex; a difference of termination in nouns, adjectives, and…Gĕn'der, v. t. p. 563To beget; to engender.Gĕn'der, v. i. p. 563To copulate; to breed. [Rare.] Shak.Gĕn'e-a-gĕn'e-sis, n. p. 563See PARTHENO-GENESIS.Gĕn'e-a-lŏg'ĭ-cal, a. p. 563Pertaining to genealogy or the descent of persons or families; exhibiting the succession of families from a progenitor; as, a genealogical table. 2. According to the descent of a person or family…Gĕn'e-a-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 563In a genealogical manner; by genealogy.Gĕn'e-ăl'o-gĭst, n. p. 563One who traces the descent of persons or families.Gen'e-ăl'o-gize, v. i. p. 563To relate the history of descents.Gēn'e-âl'o-gy, n. p. 563An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 2. Regular descent of a person…Gĕn'ĕr-ā, n. p. 563pl. of genus. See GENUS.Gĕn'er-a-ble, a. p. 563Capable of being generated or produced. Bentley.Gĕn'er-al, a. p. 563Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; belonging to a whole rather than to a part; as, a general law of the animal or vegetable economy. 2. Comprehending many species or…Gĕn'er-al, n. p. 563The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; opposed to a particular object or relation;—used in the plural, or in the singular with the definite article; as, in…Gĕn'er-al-īs'si-mo, n. p. 563The chief commander of an army or military force; especially, the commander in chief of an army which consists of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders.Gĕn'er-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 563The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague…Gĕn'er-al-iz'a-ble, a. p. 563Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are, ipso nomine, not generalizable. Coleridge.Gĕn'er-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 563Act of generalizing, or of bringing individuals or particulars under genera or classes. Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton.Gĕn'er-al-īze, v. t. p. 563To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized…Gĕn'er-al-īze, v. i. p. 564To form classes or genera; to view objects in their relations to classes; to take general or comprehensive views.Gĕn'er-al-ly, adv. p. 564In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently, but not without exceptions; as, a hot summer generally follows a cold winter. 2. In a general way, or in a general…Gĕn'er-al-ness, n. p. 564The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness. Sidney.Gĕn'er-al-ship, n. p. 564The office of a general. 2. The exercise of the functions of a general; as, the affair was carried on under his generalship. 3. The skill and conduct of a general officer; military skill in a…Gĕn'er-al-ty, n. p. 564The greater part, or generality; the whole; the totality. [Rare.] Hale.Gĕn'er-ant, n. p. 564That which generates. Glanville. 2. (Geom.) A line, surface, or solid, generated, or supposed to be generated, by the motion of a point, line, or surface, called the generatrix, according to…Gēn'er-āte, v. t. p. 564To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a being similar to the parent; to engender; as, every animal generates its own species. 2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton. 3. To…Gēn'er-ā'tion, n. p. 564The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of…Gĕn'er-a-tive, a. p. 564Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing; prolific. “That generative particle.” Bentley.Gēn'er-ā'tor, n. p. 564One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 2. A vessel in which steam is generated. Perkins. 3. (Mus.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental…Gēn'er-ā'trix, n. p. 564(Geom.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid.Ge-nēr'ic or Ge-nēr'ic-al, a. p. 564Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to the genus, as distinct from species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name. 2. Very comprehensive…Ge-nēr'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 564With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals generically allied.Ge-nēr'ic-al-ness, n. p. 564The quality of being generic.Ge-nĕr-i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 564The act or process of generalizing. Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification. Sir W. Hamilton.Gĕn'er-ŏs'i-ty, n. p. 564The quality of being generous; nobleness of birth or of soul; magnanimity. Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. Barrow. 2.…Gēn'er-ōus, a. p. 564Of honorable birth or origin; high-born. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. Shak. 2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly regarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable…