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Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. Shak.

Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Degenerate; base. [Obs.] "Degenerous passions." Dryden. "Degenerous practices." South.

Basely. [Obs.]

Having many kinds.

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable. The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms. Addison.

In an ungenerous manner.

workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant. Creator bounteous and benign. Milton.

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper. -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n.

That which is given generously or liberally. "Thy morning bounties." Cowper.

Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak.

or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South.

g; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.

ding; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. Prescott. -- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.

teristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness. "Female usurpation.'b8 Milton. To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America. Belknap.

and of peasants kings. Dryden. He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. Dryden. I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. Addison.

A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De Quincey.

Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.