INGENERATE

Etymology

Adjective

ingenerate (comparative more ingenerate, superlative most ingenerate)

(now rare) Innate, inborn.

Verb

ingenerate (third-person singular simple present ingenerates, present participle ingenerating, simple past and past participle ingenerated)

(transitive) To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause.

Source: Wiktionary


In*gen"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender]

Definition: Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. W. Wotton. Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment. Bacon.

In*gen"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingenerat; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingenerating.]

Definition: To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause. Mede. Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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