genete

See ginete. genethliac (jē-neth'li-ak), a. and n. [I. a. = F. généthliaque = Sp. genetliaco = Pg. genethliaco = It. genetliaco, place, birthday, duced, be born: see genesis, genus. II. n. cifically, in astrol., pertaining to nativities as calculated by astrologers; relating to genitures or to the doctrine of them; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. Also genethliacal. The night immediately before he was slighting the art of those foolish astrologers and genethliacal ephemerists, that use to pry into the horoscope of nativities. Howell , Vocall For rest. nethliacall Astrologie, Reason and Experience, God and Man, haue condemned. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 65. II. n. 1. A birthday poem. Also genethliacon . -2. One who is versed in genethlialogy. ties, star-worshippers, by this token, that they are all im- postors, and here proved fools. Rev. T. Adams , Works, 1.9. 2. Mode of generation; especially, the way in which or the means by which natural propaga- tion is effected. [In this sense the word is especially used in technical compounds denoting various kinds of generation among animals and plants. See abiogenesis, agamogenesis, biogenesis, gamogenesis, gene agenesis, homo- genesis, heterogenesis , parthenogenesis , xenogenesis , etc.] 3. An explanation or account of the origin of 3. pl . Same as genethlialogy . something. IMG:content-2200.jpg:[blocks in formation] De Quincey. The older geneses , whether of the world or of mind, are so simple and ultimate, have been rounded to such epic completene and sublimity, that, as they are superseded by still larger and loftier conceptions, their di olutive phases are often pathetic. Amer . Jour. Psychol., I. 156. 4. [ cap.] The first book of the Old Testament. It records the creation of the world, the flood and the ensuing dispersion of races, and a more detailed history of the families of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The traditional and still widely prevalent view ascribes the authorship to Moses. Many modern scholars, however, find strong evidences of various periods of authorship, and particularly of two chief sources, the so-called Jehovistic and Elohistic. According to the latter view, the dates of composition fall chiefly within the period of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (about the eighth cen tury B. C.), the last redaction occurring perhaps after the return from Babylon. In Hebrew the book is designated by its first word, Breshith, 'In the beginning'; the title Genesis was supplied in the early Greek translation. Abbreviated Gen. See documentary hypothesis (under docu mentary), Elohistic, Jehovistic. 5. In math., same as generation, 4. Genesitic (jen-e-sit'ik), a. [Irreg. It may be observed that the Genesitic account of the Great Patriarch [Abraham] has suggested to learned men the idea of two Abrahams, one the son of Terah, another R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 462. the son of Azar.