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to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.

The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.] Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill.

The quality of being genial.

Congenial. [Obs.]

Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. "Congenial clime." C. J. Fox.

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds.

To make congenial. [R.]

In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Congeniality.

Not congenial; uncongenial. [R.] -- In`con*ge`ni*al"i*ty. [R.]

First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.

First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.

to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.

ied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.

To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.

To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.

Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort. Mercy with her genial beam. Keble.

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or…