Part 4749

<h1>Genappe</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Ge*nappe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Genappe</ets>, in Belgium.]</ety> <def>A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.</def> <i>Simmonds</i>.

<h1>Gendarme</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen`darme"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gendarmes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, or <plw>Gens d'armes</plw></plu>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>One of a body of heavy cavalry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <mark>[France]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An armed policeman in France.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Gendarmery</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen*darm"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gendarmerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The body of gendarmes.</def>

<h1>Gender</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>genre</ets>, <ets>gendre</ets> (with excrescent <ets>d</ets>.), F.<ets>genre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>genus</ets>, <ets>generis</ets>, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of <ets>genere</ets>, <ets>gignere</ets>, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. <ets>kin</ets>. See <er>Kin</er>, and cf. <er>Generate</er>, <er>Genre</er>, <er>Gentle</er>, <er>Genus</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Kind; sort.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "One <i>gender</i> of herbs."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sex, male or female.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.</def>

<blockquote><b>Gender</b> is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. <i>R. Morris.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<h1>Gender</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gendered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gendering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>gendrer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>generare</ets>. See <er>Gender</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To beget; to engender.</def>

<h1>Gender</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To copulate; to breed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Genderless</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen"der*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no gender.</def>

<h1>Geneagenesis</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen`e*a*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ race + E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Alternate generation. See under <er>Generation</er>.</def>

<h1>Genealogic</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gen`e*a*log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Genealogical.</def>

<h1>Genealogical</h1> <Xpage=618>