Ingenerate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ingenerate is an adjective meaning (now rare) Innate, inborn.
Meaning
(now rare) Innate, inborn.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause.
- (rare) Not generated, self-existent.
Example Sentences
Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.
a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon ingenerate or encrease this disposition of lowlinee and abjection
The first Synod of Sirmium anathematises those who […] identify the Holy Ghost with the Ingenerate God.
those noble habits that upon that account are ingenerated in the Soul, as Religion, Gratitude, Obedience, and Tranquillity of Mind
Word Forms
- ingenerates
- ingenerating
- ingenerated
Antonyms for ingenerate
Common opposites include generate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inate, unlearnt, natural, ingenerable, ungenerate, true-bred.
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