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Dictionary: In·gen·er·ate

a.

[L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender]
Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. W. Wotton.

Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment.
Bacon.

In·gen·er·ate
v. t.

[imp. & p. p. Ingenerat ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingenerating .]
To generate or produce within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause. Mede.

Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul.
Sir M. Hale.

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verb

    To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring topasseffect, give rise to. See start/end.

 
 
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