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Pronunciation : Gen"e*sis
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., from Gr. genus birth, race. See Gender.]
Definition : 1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination. The origin and genasis of poor Sterling's club. Carlyle.

2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

3. (Geom.)

Defn: Same as Generation.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913