The generous and gravest citizens.
Shak.
2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as
belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited;
courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope.
"A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.
3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a
generous friend or father.
4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous
table. Swift.
5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous
wine.
Syn. -- Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal.
-- Gen"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Gen"er*ous*ness, n.
Gen`e*see" ep"och (?). (Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Hamilton
period in the American Devonian system; - - so called because the
formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York.
Ge*ne"sial (?), a. Of or relating to generation.
Ge*ne`si*ol"gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; birth + -logy.] The doctrine or science
of generation.
Gen"e*sis (?), n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to
beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.]
1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the
process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.
Carlyle.
2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek
translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the
world and of the human race.