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GENDERING
Verb
gendering
present participle of gender
Noun
gendering (plural genderings)
The assignment of gender to something or somebody.
Source: Wiktionary
GENDER
Gen"der, n. Etym: [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F.genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus.]
1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." Shak.
2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.]
3. (Gram.)
Definition: A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. R. Morris.
Note: Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer.
Gen"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gendering.] Etym: [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n.]
Definition: To beget; to engender.
Gen"der, v. i.
Definition: To copulate; to breed. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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