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<h1>Genial</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen"ial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>genialis</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>genial</ets>. See <er>Genius</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.</def> "The <i>genial</i> bed."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Creator Venus, <b>genial</b> power of love. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; <as>as, she was of a cheerful and <ex>genial</ex> disposition</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So much I feel my <b>genial</b> spirits droop. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Natural incapacity and <b>genial</b> indisposition. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Denoting or marked with genius<?/ belonging to the higher nature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less <b>genial</b> works. <i>Hare.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Genial gods</col> <fld>(Pagan Mythol.)</fld>, <cd>the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.</cd></cs>

<h1>Geniality</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge`ni*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>genialitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.</def>

<h1>Genially</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen"ial*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>By genius or nature; naturally.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some men are <b>genially</b> disposed to some opinions. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gayly; cheerfully.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Genialness</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Gen"ial*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being genial.</def>

<h1>Genian</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*ni"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ chin; akin to <?/ under jaw. Cf. <er>Chin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; <as>as, the <ex>genian</ex> prominence</as>.</def>

<h1>Geniculate</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*nic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>geniculatus</ets>, fr. <ets>geniculum</ets> little knee, knot or joint, dim. of <ets>genu</ets> knee. See <er>Knee</er>.]</ety> <def>Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; <as>as, a <ex>geniculate</ex> stem; a <ex>geniculate</ex> ganglion; a <ex>geniculate</ex> twin crystal.</as></def>

<h1>Geniculate</h1> <Xpage=619>

<hw>Ge*nic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Geniculated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Geniculating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To form joints or knots on.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Geniculated</h1> <Xpage=619>