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Webster 1913 Edition
Ingenerate
In-gen′er-ate
,Adj.
[L.
ingeneratus
, p. p. of ingenerare
. See engender] Generated within; inborn; innate;
as,
. ingenerate
powers of bodyW. Wotton.
Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities
ingenerate
in his judgment. Bacon.
In-gen′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ingenerat
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ingenerating
.] To generate or produce within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause.
Mede.
Those noble habits are
ingenerated
in the soul. Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ingenerate
INGEN'ERATE
,Verb.
T.
To generate or produce within.
INGEN'ERATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
ingenerate
ingenerate
English
Adjective
ingenerate (comparative more ingenerate, superlative most ingenerate)
- (now rare) Innate, inborn.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime / That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.
- Francis Bacon
- Those virtues were rather feigned and affected things to serve his ambition, than true qualities ingenerate in his judgement or nature.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mede to this entry?)
- Sir M. Hale
- Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul.
Italian
Verb
ingenerate
- second-person plural present indicative of ingenerare
- second-person plural imperative of ingenerare
- feminine plural of ingenerato