adj
Meaning 1
Innate, inborn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ingenerate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹət/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
adj
Meaning 2
Not generated, self-existent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: generate
verb
Meaning 3
To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon ingenerate or encrease this disposition of lowlinee and abjection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin ingenerātus, perfect passive participle of ingenerō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
First attested in 1656; borrowed from Late Latin ingenerātus, from in- (“not”) + generātus.