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ingenerate¹

  • /ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹət/
  • /ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/

Where it comes from

First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin ingenerātus, perfect passive participle of ingenerō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

adjective more ingenerate · most ingenerate

  1. archaic Innate, inborn. Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.

verb ingenerates · ingenerating · ingenerated

  1. transitive To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause. a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon ingenerate or encrease this disposition of lowlinee and abjection

ingenerate²

  • /ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹət/

Where it comes from

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Late Latin ingenerātus, from in- (“not”) + generātus.

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare Not generated, self-existent. But neither is one time generated in another; for if the preſent be generated in the future, the future muſt be present; and if in the paſt, the paſt. The ſame may be ſaid of other times; therefore one time is not generated in another. Now if time be neither generated in itſelf, nor one time in anot

    Opposite: generate

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@misc{ingenerate_2026,
  title = {ingenerate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingenerate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}