Part 4755

<h1>Generically</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*ner"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; <as>as, an animal <ex>generically</ex> distinct from another, or two animals or plants <ex>generically</ex> allied</as>.</def>

<h1>Genericalness</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*ner"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being generic.</def>

<h1>Generification</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*ner`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>genus</ets> kind, class + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of generalizing.</def>

<blockquote>Out of this the universal is elaborated by <b>generification</b>. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Generosity</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen`er*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>generositas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>g\'82n\'82rosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Noble birth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harris (Voyages).</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.</def>

<blockquote><b>Generosity</b> is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Liberality in giving; munificence.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Magnanimity; liberality.</syn>

<h1>Generous</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82n\'82reux</ets>, fr. L. <ets>generous</ets> of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. <ets>genus</ets> birth, race: cf. It. <ets>generoso</ets>. See 2d <er>Gender</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>generous</b> and gravest citizens. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.</def> "The <i>generous</i> critic." <i>Pope</i>. "His <i>generous</i> spouse." <i>Pope</i>. "A <i>generous</i> pack [of hounds]." <i>Addison</i>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; <as>as, a <ex>generous</ex> friend or father</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; <as>as, a <ex>generous</ex> table</as>.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; <as>as, <ex>generous</ex> wine</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Magnanimous; bountiful. See <er>Liberal</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Gen"er*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Gen"er*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Genesee epoch</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen`e*see" ep"och</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in <i>Genesee</i>, New York.</def>

<h1>Genesial</h1> <Xpage=619>