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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'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…Gĕn'er-ōŭs-ly, adv. p. 564In a generous manner; honorably; nobly; magnanimously; liberally.Gĕn'er-ōus-ness, n. p. 564The quality of being generous; magnanimity; nobleness of mind. 2. Liberality; munificence; generosity.Gĕn'-e-sĭs, n. p. 564The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to any thing; the process of originating or being; production; formation; origination. “The origin and genesis of poor Sterling’s club.” Carlyle. 2. A…Gēn'et, n. p. 564A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak. 2. [Fr. genette, Sp. gineta, Pg. geneta, gineta, N. Lat. genetta.] (Zool.) A carnivorous animal, allied to the civet (Genetta…Ge-nēt' or Ge-nēt'te', n. p. 564Cat-skin, when made into muffs and tippets, as if they were skins of the genet. Booth.Ge-nēth'li-āc, n. p. 564A birthday poem. Brande. 2. One skilled in genethliacs. [Obs.]Ge-nēth'li-ac or Gēn'eth-li'a-cal, a. p. 564Pertaining to nativities, as calculated by astrologers; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. [Obs.] Howell.Ge-nĕth'li-ăcs, n. sing. p. 564The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at the birth of persons. [Obs.] [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Johnson.Ge-nĕth'/li-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 564Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.Ge-nēth'li-ăt'ic, n. p. 564One who calculates nativities. [Obs.] Drummond.Ge-nē'tic or Ge-nē'tic-al, a. p. 564Pertaining or related to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of any thing, or its natural mode of production or development. This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of…