<i>Holland.</i>
<h1>Ingenerably</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*gen"er*a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ingenerable manner.</def>
<h1>Ingenerate</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*gen"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ingeneratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ingenerare</ets>. See engender]</ety> <def>Generated within; inborn; innate; <as>as, <ex>ingenerate</ex> powers of body</as>.</def>
<i>W. Wotton.</i>
<blockquote>Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities <b>ingenerate</b> in his judgment. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Ingenerate</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*gen"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ingenerat</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ingenerating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause.</def>
<i>Mede.</i>
<blockquote>Those noble habits are <b>ingenerated</b> in the soul. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Ingeneration</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*gen`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of ingenerating.</def>
<h1>Ingeniate</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*ge"ni*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ingenious</er>.]</ety> <def>To invent; to contrive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Daniel.</i>
<h1>Ingenie</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In"ge*nie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Ingeny</er>.</def>
<h1>Ingeniosity</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*ge`ni*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>ingeniositas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ingenuity; skill; cunning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Cudworth.</i>
<h1>Ingenious</h1> <Xpage=762>
<hw>In*gen"ious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ingeniosus</ets>, fr. <ets>ingenium</ets> innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. <ets>ing\'82nieux</ets>. See <er>Engine</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; <as>as, an <ex>ingenious</ex> author, mechanic</as>.</def>
<blockquote>A man . . . very wise and <b>ingenious</b> in feats of war. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Thou, king, send out For torturers <b>ingenious</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The more <b>ingenious</b> men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; <as>as, an <ex>ingenious</ex> model, or machine; an <ex>ingenious</ex> scheme, contrivance, etc.</as></def>
<blockquote>Thus men go wrong with an <b>ingenious</b> skill. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>
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